underglaze painted fritware, depicting a ruler and his courtiers feasting in a palace, the scene surrounded by a border of floral motifs, 51.5cm diam. 3cm thick

Provenance: Private collection, London. Probably acquired Lenox Money, Pimlico Road

This roundel is similar to the output of the workshop of Ali Mohammed Isfahani, a number of examples of which can be found in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London. Large scale pictorial tiles like this were popular in the West at the end of the 19th century, often being incorporated in interior design schemes. For a group formerly set into the overmantel of a Scottish country house sold in these rooms, see June 2015, lots 299-303.