Lot Essay
The inscription reads [al-'a]zima li'llah (Majesty is God's).
Identical tiles can be found in the decoration of the façade of the Khwaja Ahmad mausoleum circa 1350AD, part of the Shah-i Zindeh necropolis (Jean Soustiel and Yves Porter: Tombs of Paradise. The Shah-e Zende in Samarkand and Architectural Ceramics of Central Asia, Saint-Remy-en-L'Eau, 2003, p.80; and Fréderique Beaupertuis-Bressand: The Blue Gold of Samarkand Paris, 1997, p.112).
Identical tiles can be found in the decoration of the façade of the Khwaja Ahmad mausoleum circa 1350AD, part of the Shah-i Zindeh necropolis (Jean Soustiel and Yves Porter: Tombs of Paradise. The Shah-e Zende in Samarkand and Architectural Ceramics of Central Asia, Saint-Remy-en-L'Eau, 2003, p.80; and Fréderique Beaupertuis-Bressand: The Blue Gold of Samarkand Paris, 1997, p.112).