Sale 4914
London, South Kensington
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27 April 2012
Price realised
GBP 3,750
Estimate
TWO ZAND OR QAJAR POTTERY TILES IRAN, LATE 18TH/EARLY 19TH CENTURY Each of square form, with a central four-lobed medallion inscribed in white thuluth script on cobalt-blue ground reading ya Husayn ya 'Abd Allah, bordered with polychrome floral scrolls on yellow ground, the edges in black, intact Each 9 5/8 x 9½in. (24.5 x 24.2cm.) (2)
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