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Lot 61*,R
Two Kashan lustre moulded calligraphic pottery tiles Persia, 13th Century
12 November 2024, 11:00 GMT
London, New Bond StreetSold for £25,600 inc. premium
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Two Kashan lustre moulded calligraphic pottery tiles
Persia, 13th Century
Persia, 13th Century
each of rectangular form, decorated in cobalt blue, turquoise and a golden brown lustre on a cream ground with inscriptions in thuluth on a ground of scrolling foliate tendrils, framed together
the tiles 56.4 x 21.4 cm.
the tiles 56.4 x 21.4 cm.
Footnotes
Provenance
Christie's, Islamic Art and Manuscripts, 10 October 2000, lot 232.
Private Belgian collection, acquired at Mansour Gallery, London, on the 16th of October 2000, and thence by descent.
Inscriptions: Qur'an, Chapter XLI (Fusilat), parts of verses 30 and 31.
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