19th Jun, 2025 12:00

Arts of India and the Islamic Lands

 
  Lot 143
 

143

AN OTTOMAN DAMASCUS POTTERY TILE WITH SPLIT PALMETTE SCROLLS
Ottoman Syria, ca. 1580 - 1590

AN OTTOMAN DAMASCUS POTTERY TILE WITH SPLIT PALMETTE SCROLLS
Ottoman Syria, ca. 1580 - 1590

Of square shape, underglaze-painted in cobalt blue, turquoise, green and manganese purple with black outlines against a milky white ground, the central field decorated with a cusped floral cartouche issuing two stems of peony blossoms, the borders with intertwined, confronted split palmettes trellis, encased within turquoise rules, with metal hanging wire with hoop at the back.

23.5cm x 23cm

For further reference on 16th-century Damascus tiles like the present example, please see Arthur Millner, Damascus Tiles: Mamluk and Ottoman Architectural Ceramics from Syria, 2015, cats. 6.60-61, pp. 270 - 271. Similar tiles can also be admired in the Arab Hall at Leighton House, London (ibidem, cat. 5.8, p. 221), mixed along 19th-century examples designed by the renowned British Arts and Crafts potter William de Morgan.

Sold for £246


 

AN OTTOMAN DAMASCUS POTTERY TILE WITH SPLIT PALMETTE SCROLLS
Ottoman Syria, ca. 1580 - 1590

Of square shape, underglaze-painted in cobalt blue, turquoise, green and manganese purple with black outlines against a milky white ground, the central field decorated with a cusped floral cartouche issuing two stems of peony blossoms, the borders with intertwined, confronted split palmettes trellis, encased within turquoise rules, with metal hanging wire with hoop at the back.

23.5cm x 23cm

For further reference on 16th-century Damascus tiles like the present example, please see Arthur Millner, Damascus Tiles: Mamluk and Ottoman Architectural Ceramics from Syria, 2015, cats. 6.60-61, pp. 270 - 271. Similar tiles can also be admired in the Arab Hall at Leighton House, London (ibidem, cat. 5.8, p. 221), mixed along 19th-century examples designed by the renowned British Arts and Crafts potter William de Morgan.

Auction: Arts of India and the Islamic Lands, 19th Jun, 2025

Our specialist auction Arts of India and the Islamic Lands is now online for you to browse, peruse and fall in love with your next antique. 

Among the highlights, this sale vaunts a remarkable selection of Rajput Schools paintings and an illustrated loose folio from a Timurid Haft Paykar series, all part of a private Canadian collection; several gem-studded Indian necklaces, treasured heirlooms of a local family; a notable group of Islamic manuscripts, including a geomantic tome attributed to the Nubian alchemist Dhul-Nun al-Misri; and several lots of Persian Qajar lacquer belonging to the heir of a British diplomatic family in office under Sir Denis Wright in Tehran between 1971 - 1973. 

Our selected lots preview starts next week, on Tuesday 3rd June, and the full view is going to take place from Friday 13th June until the sale day. 

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