18th Nov, 2020 12:00
European & Asian Works of Art
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A DAMASCUS TILE PANEL^ OTTOMAN SYRIA^ CIRCA 1600¦glazed fritware^ composed of eight tiles^ underglaze painted with an inscribed cartouche^ surrounded by interlocking split palmette border^ with arabesque spandrels at either end^ framed together¦87 x 28cm¦¦Provenance: Property of a European Private Collector; Amir Mohtashemi^ London^ 7 June 2001 (a copy of the invoice is sold with this lot); according to label on reverse^ from the former collection of ~Professeur Pierre Abrami (1880-1945)~ - Pierre Abrami^ of Ottoman origin^ was a Professor of Medicine in Paris and his older brother^ Léon Abrami^ was a politician.¦¦The inscription reads: ~Allah al-Rahim^ al-Hakim~^ ~Allah the bestower of mercy and generosity~.¦¦¦++Small tiles with various breaks^ some with old repairs. A few edge chips and cracking in glaze¦
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A DAMASCUS TILE PANEL^ OTTOMAN SYRIA^ CIRCA 1600¦glazed fritware^ composed of eight tiles^ underglaze painted with an inscribed cartouche^ surrounded by interlocking split palmette border^ with arabesque spandrels at either end^ framed together¦87 x 28cm¦¦Provenance: Property of a European Private Collector; Amir Mohtashemi^ London^ 7 June 2001 (a copy of the invoice is sold with this lot); according to label on reverse^ from the former collection of ~Professeur Pierre Abrami (1880-1945)~ - Pierre Abrami^ of Ottoman origin^ was a Professor of Medicine in Paris and his older brother^ Léon Abrami^ was a politician.¦¦The inscription reads: ~Allah al-Rahim^ al-Hakim~^ ~Allah the bestower of mercy and generosity~.¦¦¦++Small tiles with various breaks^ some with old repairs. A few edge chips and cracking in glaze¦
Auction: European & Asian Works of Art, 18th Nov, 2020
