26th Apr, 2023 11:00
Asian & Islamic Works of Art
78
TWO 'DOME OF THE ROCK' TILES, OTTOMAN PALESTINE OR SYRIA, 16TH CENTURY
fritware, with underglaze-painted blue palmette design on white ground, 19.5cm square approx. each
This blue and white arabesque design which derives from Timurid prototypes was first seen on the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem, tiled on the instructions of the Ottoman Sultan around 1545, but soon after this, similar tiles appeared on numerous public and private buildings in Aleppo. There are also near-identical tiles in the Ramanazoglu Mosque, Adana (Turkey). Old photographs also show tiles of this type in the courtyard of the Umayyad Mosque in Damascus.
Sold for £1,800
fritware, with underglaze-painted blue palmette design on white ground, 19.5cm square approx. each
This blue and white arabesque design which derives from Timurid prototypes was first seen on the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem, tiled on the instructions of the Ottoman Sultan around 1545, but soon after this, similar tiles appeared on numerous public and private buildings in Aleppo. There are also near-identical tiles in the Ramanazoglu Mosque, Adana (Turkey). Old photographs also show tiles of this type in the courtyard of the Umayyad Mosque in Damascus.
Auction: Asian & Islamic Works of Art, 26th Apr, 2023
