A group of Timurid underglaze-painted pottery border tiles, Persia, 15th Century

(8)

each of rectangular form, decorated in black under a turquoise glaze with a scrolling tendril of lotuses and other flowers
the largest 15.8 x 5.4 cm.(8)

These tiles were produced in Tabriz, a centre which contributed to the formation of the Ottoman tile industry in Bursa and elsewhere. For a further discussion on the topic see N. Atasoy and J. Raby, Iznik, The Pottery of Ottoman Turkey, published for Istanbul University, 1989. For a group of similar tiles sold at Sotheby's see Arts of the Islamic World, 18 April 2007, lot 112.

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