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Lot 43

A Raqqa calligraphic pottery tile
Syria, 12th/ 13th Century

23 May 2023, 11:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

Sold for £7,680 inc. premium

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A Raqqa calligraphic pottery tile
Syria, 12th/ 13th Century

of square form, decorated in black and cobalt-blue on a turquoise ground with a band of inscription on a ground of vegetal interlace, partial H. K. Monif label to reverse
19.7 x 19 cm.

Footnotes

Provenance
Formerly with H. K. Monif (d.1964), 645 Madison Avenue, New York.

Inscriptions: al-maliki a, '[in the service of] the king a'

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