A CALLIGRAPHIC CUERDA SECA POTTERY TILE, SAFAVID IRAN, 17TH CENTURY

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A CALLIGRAPHIC CUERDA SECA POTTERY TILE
SAFAVID IRAN, 17TH CENTURY
The upper register decorated in polychrome with a stylised flowerhead between leafy vine stemming from white ground cartouches with black arabesques, below this poetic inscriptions in black nasta'liq on white ground, minor chips to edges, otherwise intact
9 1/8in. x 9 1/8in. (23.2cm. x 23.1cm.)

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French private collection, before 1981

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A CALLIGRAPHIC CUERDA SECA POTTERY TILE
SAFAVID IRAN, 17TH CENTURY
The upper register decorated in polychrome with a stylised flowerhead between leafy vine stemming from white ground cartouches with black arabesques, below this poetic inscriptions in black nasta'liq on white ground, minor chips to edges, otherwise intact
9 1/8in. x 9 1/8in. (23.2cm. x 23.1cm.)

Provenance

French private collection, before 1981

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