26th Apr, 2023 11:00

Asian & Islamic Works of Art

 
Lot 79
 

79

A DAMASCUS TILE, OTTOMAN SYRIA, LATE 16TH CENTURY

underglaze painted fritware, the design composed of lobed roundel containing a floral sprig with lotus, carnation and tulip motifs, surrounded by cintamani and tiger stripe motifs, quarter floral medallions in the centre, mounted, 26.5 x 27cm

Provenance: Private Collection England. Formerly installed in a fireplace in Garth House, Fortingall, Perthshire

For a closely related tile sold in these rooms, see 18 November 2020, lot 260, and for another in the Victoria and Albert Museum, see inv. no. 452-1901

Sold for £850


 

underglaze painted fritware, the design composed of lobed roundel containing a floral sprig with lotus, carnation and tulip motifs, surrounded by cintamani and tiger stripe motifs, quarter floral medallions in the centre, mounted, 26.5 x 27cm

Provenance: Private Collection England. Formerly installed in a fireplace in Garth House, Fortingall, Perthshire

For a closely related tile sold in these rooms, see 18 November 2020, lot 260, and for another in the Victoria and Albert Museum, see inv. no. 452-1901