A COLLECTION OF TWENTY-SEVEN TIMURID CUERDA SECA CERAMIC BORDER TILES...

A COLLECTION OF TWENTY-SEVEN TIMURID CUERDA SECA CERAMIC BORDER TILES
Central Asia or Eastern Persia, 15th century

Rectangular in form, decorated with interlocking cartouches enclosing stylized floral motifs against a turquoise ground.

Largest whole tile approximately 30cm x 11.3cm

Originally forming part of the architectural revetment of a Timurid monumental building, these tiles were produced using the cuerda seca ('dry cord') technique, in which a greasy resist is applied to separate differently coloured glazes; many architectural tiles of this type have been associated with the great Timurid religious monuments of Samarkand.

For a similar example:
The British Museum, Acc. Nos. OA+.10669, OA+.10670, and OA+.14398.
Bonhams London, Indian and Islamic Art, 7 October 2014, lot 77.

Provenance:
The collection of Georges Antaki.
Previously acquired at Sotheby's London, 10 October 1991.