Lot 135
  • 135

A Kashan lustre tile fragment, Persia, 13th century

Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

moulded in relief and decorated with an opacified tin glaze enhanced with cobalt and over-decorated in copper lustre with a monumental inscription in naskh on a ground of fleshy scrolls

Condition

Mounted in a wooden frame, chips to edges, abrasions and craquelure to glaze, as viewed.
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Catalogue Note

Inscription

Qur'an, surah al-Isra' (XVII), parts of 79.