Lot 29
A Kashan lustre pottery border Tile Persia, 12th Century
10 April 2008, 10:00 BST
London, New Bond StreetSold for £1,080 inc. premium
Looking for a similar item?
Our Private & Iconic Collections and House Sales specialists can help you find a similar item at an auction or via a private sale.
Find your local specialistA Kashan lustre pottery border Tile
Persia, 12th Century
Persia, 12th Century
half-star with five points, decorated in a brownish lustre with split palmettes and floral motif, the border with a band of nakshi inscription
31 cm. diam. max.
31 cm. diam. max.
Footnotes
Provenance:
Dreyfus Private Collection.
The inscription consists of verses from the Qur'an, sura al-Fatiha (I) and sura al-Ikhlas (CXII).
Comparisons can be drawn from a panel of tiles from the Imanzadeh Yahya at Veramin dated Dhu'l-Hijja AH660-661/ AD 1262, now housed in the Victoria and Albert Museum, see Watson, Oliver, Persian Lustre Ware, London, 1985, col. pl. K.