A DAMASCUS TILE PANEL OTTOMAN SYRIA, LATE 16TH CENTURY
A DAMASCUS TILE PANEL
OTTOMAN SYRIA, LATE 16TH CENTURY
Comprising 36 tiles of various proportions, the white ground of each with delicately drawn floral sprays flanking a central vase with sprays issuing similar designs, decorated with cintamani paired "lips", standing on a striped tazza, of composite arrangement, in an arabesque blue border, repaired breaks, mounted
43¼ x 31 1/8in. (110 x 79cm.)
Provenance
Ardant Family Collection, Limoges, until 2018, possibly initially acquired by Charles Ardant du Picq (1821-1870) who served with the French army in Syria and Algeria in the 1860s
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A DAMASCUS TILE PANEL
OTTOMAN SYRIA, LATE 16TH CENTURY
Comprising 36 tiles of various proportions, the white ground of each with delicately drawn floral sprays flanking a central vase with sprays issuing similar designs, decorated with cintamani paired "lips", standing on a striped tazza, of composite arrangement, in an arabesque blue border, repaired breaks, mounted
43¼ x 31 1/8in. (110 x 79cm.)
Provenance
Ardant Family Collection, Limoges, until 2018, possibly initially acquired by Charles Ardant du Picq (1821-1870) who served with the French army in Syria and Algeria in the 1860s
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Time, Location
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