Lot Essay
The inscription is part of a Persian quatrain.
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Details
Two lustre and cobalt blue pottery tile fragments, Kashan, central Iran, 13th century
one from a frieze tile, the ivory field with diagonal fleur-de-lys motifs in moulded blue borders -- 3¾in. x 2 7/8in. (9.5 x 7.5cm.); the other part of a star tile with arabesques within an inscription border -- 6½in. x 2¾in. (16.3 x 7cm.) (2)
one from a frieze tile, the ivory field with diagonal fleur-de-lys motifs in moulded blue borders -- 3¾in. x 2 7/8in. (9.5 x 7.5cm.); the other part of a star tile with arabesques within an inscription border -- 6½in. x 2¾in. (16.3 x 7cm.) (2)
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