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Lot 46
A Mamluk underglaze painted pottery Tile Egypt or Syria, first half of the 15th Century
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21 April 2015, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond StreetSold for £3,750 inc. premium
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A Mamluk underglaze painted pottery Tile
Egypt or Syria, first half of the 15th Century
Egypt or Syria, first half of the 15th Century
of square form, decorated in cobalt-blue and black on a white ground with a central flowerhead surrounded by four large palmette motifs between the petals, the corners and edges with partial flowerheads and lobed cartouches
23 x 23 cm.
23 x 23 cm.
Footnotes
For similarly decorated tiles of a hexagonal form see A. Lane, Guide to Tiles, London 1939, plate 12, J-L, and for a similar square tile see V. Porter, Islamic Tiles, London 1995, no. 87.
Saleroom notices
This tile was formerly in the collection of Lockwood de Forest and was purchased by him in Damascus in the late 19th Century.