A Damascus underglaze-painted pottery tile panel, Syria, 18th Century
of rectangular form, comprising four tiles decorated in cobalt blue, green, turquoise, manganese and black on a white ground with a series of cypress trees interspersed by floral sprays and flowers issuing from vases, framed
95.7 x 27.2 cm. including frame
Similar tiles decorate the mausoleum of Mohi al-Din Arabi in Damascus and the house of Lockwood de Forest in New York. For another related tile see Arthur Milner, Damascus Tiles, London 2015, p. 302, Fig. 6.131.
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of rectangular form, comprising four tiles decorated in cobalt blue, green, turquoise, manganese and black on a white ground with a series of cypress trees interspersed by floral sprays and flowers issuing from vases, framed
95.7 x 27.2 cm. including frame
Similar tiles decorate the mausoleum of Mohi al-Din Arabi in Damascus and the house of Lockwood de Forest in New York. For another related tile see Arthur Milner, Damascus Tiles, London 2015, p. 302, Fig. 6.131.