A large section of a turquoise-glazed funerary stele, Persia, Kashan, 13th century
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October 29, 03:22 PM GMT
Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
of rectangular form moulded under a turquoise glaze, with raised vertical borders, with calligraphic inscriptions
44.5 by 40.2 cm.
Ex-collection Hagop Kevorkian (1872-1962), Paris
Ex-private collection, Geneva, by 1981
Ex-collection J.P and F. Croisier, Paris, by 1999
Céramiques Islamiques dans les Collections Genevoises, Geneva: Musée d'Art et d'Histoire, 1981, p.57, no.89.
Céramiques du monde musulman: collections de l'Institut du monde arabe et de J.P. et F. Croisier, Paris: Institut du Monde Arabe, 1999, p.120.
inscriptions
Qur'an, surah al-Baqara (II), v.256 (partial)
'Abu'l-Ma'ali b. Abi al-...'
The name of the person to whom the present funerary stele is dedicated is only partially legible. Comparable fragments from funerary steles were sold in these rooms, including a two-panel fragment signed by Yusuf ibn 'Ali [ibn] Muhammad ibn Abi [Tahir], 9 October 2013, lot 16, and a fragment dated 679 AH/1280 AD, 9 April 2014, lot 113.
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