Tile24   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