Ending 7th Jan, 2025 12:00
The Christmas Collection, an Online Time Auction
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AN OTTOMAN DAMASCUS POTTERY TILE WITH SPLIT PALMETTES
Ottoman Syria, ca. 1580 - 1590
AN OTTOMAN DAMASCUS POTTERY TILE WITH SPLIT PALMETTES
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.
Estimated at £600 - £800
AN OTTOMAN DAMASCUS POTTERY TILE WITH SPLIT PALMETTES
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: The Christmas Collection, an Online Time Auction, ending 7th Jan, 2025
The first Online Only sale of Azca Auctions has landed.
We will accompany you through the Christmas holidays with some extravagant, quirky, and sparkly lots. The auction is entirely online, and bidding begins on the 11th December and closes on the 7th January 2025.
Collections are taking place from 188 R Hammersmith road, W6 7DJ once the sale closes.
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