Arts of the Islamic World

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A DAMASCUS POTTERY TILE, SYRIA, LATE 16TH/EARLY 17TH CENTURY

Auction Closed

October 23, 04:16 PM GMT

Estimate

4,000 - 6,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

A DAMASCUS POTTERY TILE, SYRIA, LATE 16TH/EARLY 17TH CENTURY


decorated in cobalt blue, light blue, green with black oultines on a white ground with a design consisting of entwining palmettes, arabesques within lobed medallions and stylised lotus blossoms, set in an old wooden frame


32.4 by 33cm. framed

For more information on Damascus tiles, see A. Millner, Damascus Tiles: Mamluk and Ottoman architectural ceramics from Syria, London, 2015.