Plaque de revêtement signée et datée: "Khosrow voit Chirin près de la source", Ustâd Ali Muhammed 1311H/1891-2, Iran, art qadjar

en céramique à décor moulé peint en polychromie sur un fond bleu

Colours are slightly lighter in reality than on the catalogue illustration. Small accidents at the bottom corners Tiny crackles to the glaze surface Overall good condition
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This tile illustrates an episode from Khamsa of Nezami. For the same artist, see: Christie's London, Art of the Islamic and Indian Worlds, 6^th October 2009, lot 154. For the same subject, see: M^e KAPANDJI MORHANGE, Paris, Mobilier et Objets d'Art, 30^th June 2010, lot 102.