An Ottoman underglaze-painted pottery border tile Turkey or Syria, 16th/...

An Ottoman underglaze-painted pottery border tile
Turkey or Syria, 16th/ 17th Century
of rectangular form, decorated underglaze in cobalt-blue, turquoise and black on a white ground, with a row of alternating major and minor palmettes containing floral motifs
12.6 x 26.3 cm. max.
A comparable tile dated to 16th or 17th Century Damascus is in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London (Accession Number 1692-1892).