Description
Tile with floral decoration Siliceous paste with cobalt and turquoise decoration under transparent colorless glaze. Damascus, circa 1580-1600. 25 x 27.3 x 3 cm Provenance : former German collection. Acquired on the German art market (Stuttgart). This tile with the typical decoration of the productions of Damascus presents a floral decoration painted in cobalt and turquoise on a white slip. It represents a bouquet of composite flowers on a white background in a central medallion surrounded by white and turquoise floral scrolls on a cobalt background. A tile of the same group, with similar decoration and dated 1580-1600, is published in Arthur Millner's reference book, op. cit. fig. 6.69, p. 273).
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Tile with floral decoration Siliceous paste with cobalt and turquoise decoration under transparent colorless glaze. Damascus, circa 1580-1600. 25 x 27.3 x 3 cm Provenance : former German collection. Acquired on the German art market (Stuttgart). This tile with the typical decoration of the productions of Damascus presents a floral decoration painted in cobalt and turquoise on a white slip. It represents a bouquet of composite flowers on a white background in a central medallion surrounded by white and turquoise floral scrolls on a cobalt background. A tile of the same group, with similar decoration and dated 1580-1600, is published in Arthur Millner's reference book, op. cit. fig. 6.69, p. 273).
