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TILE WITH CALLIGRAPHIC DECOR AND LUSTER
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TILE WITH CALLIGRAPHIC DECOR AND LUSTER
See original version (French)
Estimate €2,000 - €3,000
Voluntary lot
Description
TILE WITH CALLIGRAPHIC DECOR AND LUSTER
Ilkhanid Iran, 13th–14th century
Moulded ceramic with decoration painted beneath a colourless glaze; cobalt blue calligraphy on a ground featuring white foliage motifs in reserve on a lustred background; a geometric frieze in the lower border; restorations and repainting
Dimensions: 26 x 27 cm
Label on the reverse: “Large square of a tile supposed to be from Dumjan or that neighbourhood, exact locality not known – Tehran April [18]79”
Provenance: European collection since 1879
An Ilkhanid moulded calligraphic lustre tile,
Iran, 13th–14th century
See original version (French)
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