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Tile 24.
Damascus. A pair of rectangular stone paste tiles. The design, showing part images of vases containing sprays of flowers in the middle of each side, is painted in underglaze turquoise, cobalt-blue and green on a white ground. 16th/17th century. 9.5 x 19 in. {24.1 x 48.2 cm.} Condition: Intact. Excellent with minor edge chipping. c.f. Mattonelle Islamiche.Museo Nazionale Del Bargello, Florence. 1981. p.31, ill.26 |