5th Jun, 2024 11:00
Indian, Islamic, Himalayan and South-East Asian Art, including Greek and Roman Antiquities
68
A DAMASCUS TILE, OTTOMAN SYRIA, CIRCA 1600
underglaze-painted fritware, of square form, the decoration divided into border and field, the former composed of interlaced split palmettes, the latter with a pattern of scrolling tulip and pomegranate motifs linked with floral shoots with arabesque medallions, mounted for wall hanging, 25 x 26cm
Provenance: Private collection, Western England. Acquired Bonhams, London, 18 October 1995, lot 626 (part). Previously offered at Sotheby’s, London, 27 April 1995, lot 289 (part). The following two lots were sold together in the previous auctions.
For another border tile with the same design, see Millner 2015, fig.6.102, p. 287, and for a tile with the same field pattern, see fig. 6.41, p.260.
Sold for £650
underglaze-painted fritware, of square form, the decoration divided into border and field, the former composed of interlaced split palmettes, the latter with a pattern of scrolling tulip and pomegranate motifs linked with floral shoots with arabesque medallions, mounted for wall hanging, 25 x 26cm
Provenance: Private collection, Western England. Acquired Bonhams, London, 18 October 1995, lot 626 (part). Previously offered at Sotheby’s, London, 27 April 1995, lot 289 (part). The following two lots were sold together in the previous auctions.
For another border tile with the same design, see Millner 2015, fig.6.102, p. 287, and for a tile with the same field pattern, see fig. 6.41, p.260.
Auction: Indian, Islamic, Himalayan and South-East Asian Art, including Greek and Roman Antiquities, 5th Jun, 2024
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