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LARGE CERAMIC TILE
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218
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LARGE CERAMIC TILE
See original version (French)
Estimate €1,000 - €1,500
Voluntary lot
Description
LARGE CERAMIC TILE
Qajar Iran, 19th century
Rectangular in shape, decorated in the ‘cuerda seca’ style with a calligraphic cartouche in white Nasta’liq script on a blue ground, set within a turquoise-blue border, set against a yellow ground decorated with pink flowers and foliage; a few chips to the edges, otherwise in very good overall condition.
Dimensions: 29 x 25.5 cm
Inscription:
مستوفی یگانه که از رشک کلک او - ‘The unrivalled scribe (mustawfi) whose pen gives rise to jealousy itself.’
A Large Qajar Calligraphic Cuerda Seca Tile,
Iran, 19th century
See original version (French)
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