Damascus.
A rectangular border tile, painted in shades of cobalt blue, apple green, manganese brown and pale blue-gray with black outlines on a white ground. A series of pale blue-gray serrated saz leaves containing cloud bands are intertwined with a similar series of split-leaf palmettes.
16th century.
5.75 x 11.6 in. {14.8 x 29.7 cm.} Uneven.
c.f. Porter, V., Islamic Tiles, pub. Interlink Books, 1995. p.118, No.111.
Petsopoulis, Yanni {Edit}. Tulips, Arabesques and Turbans, Decorative Arts from the Ottoman Empire, Alexandria Press, London, 1982. p.96, plate.110.
Ernst, H. {edit} Ceramique Orientale, Pl.10
Condition: Cut to fit, minor edge chips.