5th Jun, 2024 11:00
Indian, Islamic, Himalayan and South-East Asian Art, including Greek and Roman Antiquities
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TWO HEXAGONAL TILES, PROBABLY TABRIZ, PERSIA, 15TH CENTURY
underglaze black painted fritware, the freehand design of flower-heads, carnations and serrated leaves under turquoise glaze, 14.5cm (max. diam.)
Tiles of this type were discovered by the collector Theodore Sehmer in a hammam in the vicinity of the Blue Mosque in Tabriz (Christie's London, 27 April 2004, lot 233, see also Millner 2015, fig.349, p.114). For a similar tile with green glaze, see lot 164.
Sold for £1,500
underglaze black painted fritware, the freehand design of flower-heads, carnations and serrated leaves under turquoise glaze, 14.5cm (max. diam.)
Tiles of this type were discovered by the collector Theodore Sehmer in a hammam in the vicinity of the Blue Mosque in Tabriz (Christie's London, 27 April 2004, lot 233, see also Millner 2015, fig.349, p.114). For a similar tile with green glaze, see lot 164.
Auction: Indian, Islamic, Himalayan and South-East Asian Art, including Greek and Roman Antiquities, 5th Jun, 2024
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