5th Jun, 2024 11:00
Indian, Islamic, Himalayan and South-East Asian Art, including Greek and Roman Antiquities
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A LARGE DAMASCUS TILE, OTTOMAN SYRIA, 1570-1590
underglaze painted fritware, depicting arabesque medallions amidst scrolling floral tendrils, mounted for wall-hanging, 33 x 32.5cm
Provenance: Sir Howard Hodgkin (1932-2017). Millon & Associes, Paris, 6th December, 2010, lot 105.
This unusually large tile is in the 'arabesque medallion' style, which can still be seen, with slightly different palette, in the Selimiyya Madrasa, Damascus (c.1566). The Damascus pattern probably derives from blue and white Iznik tiles found in the Cinili Hammam in Istanbul (1530-40). See Millner 2015, figs.4.14-4.15, p.130-131.
Sold for £7,500
underglaze painted fritware, depicting arabesque medallions amidst scrolling floral tendrils, mounted for wall-hanging, 33 x 32.5cm
Provenance: Sir Howard Hodgkin (1932-2017). Millon & Associes, Paris, 6th December, 2010, lot 105.
This unusually large tile is in the 'arabesque medallion' style, which can still be seen, with slightly different palette, in the Selimiyya Madrasa, Damascus (c.1566). The Damascus pattern probably derives from blue and white Iznik tiles found in the Cinili Hammam in Istanbul (1530-40). See Millner 2015, figs.4.14-4.15, p.130-131.
Auction: Indian, Islamic, Himalayan and South-East Asian Art, including Greek and Roman Antiquities, 5th Jun, 2024
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