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255 - Fragmentary tile with dragon decoration, Ilkhanid Iran, poss…
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Estimate €800 - €1,000
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Fragmentary tile with dragon decoration, Ilkhanid Iran, possibly Takht-e Suleiman, second half of the 13th century Siliceous ceramic tile with moulded and painted decoration on a turquoise glaze, known as lajvardina, depicting the hindquarters of a dragon standing out against a background of tchi clouds and surmounted by a floral frieze. Height: 28.9 cm; max. width: 17 cm. width: 17 cm Fragmentary tile, some chips, traces of mortar. Provenance : E. Sassoon, 22 rue Drouot, Paris, circa 1930. Although fragmentary, this tile is a fine example of the luxurious ceramic production of the Ilkhanid period. It was decorated using the complex petit-feu technique known as lajvardina, attested to between the mid-13th and mid-14th centuries. The dragon iconography betrays the omnipresent Chinese influence in the art of this Mongol dynasty, cousin of the Yuan. Many tiles from this period decorated with a dragon, whether star-shaped (such as tile AD 11991 in the Louvre) or rectangular, decorated with metallic lustre (such as tile 541-1900 in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London) or with petit-feu, come from the summer palace of Takht-e Suleiman, built for the sovereign Abaqa in 1270, allowing us to suggest such a provenance for this piece.
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About the sale Archaeology & Arts of Islam and India
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Auction time 06/26/2026 at 1:30 PM
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