Lot n° 73
Estimation :
400 - 600
EUR
Result with fees
Result
: 520EUR
Tile with landscape - Lot 73
Tile with landscape
Siliceous paste with polychrome decoration in cuerda seca.
Iran, late 17th - early 18th century, late Safavid
Safavid period. Broken and glued.
24 x 24 x 2,2 cm
This Persian Safavid style tile is decorated with a central tree in turquoise in a flowery landscape. One will note
the presence of the pink color, resulting from the "purple of Cassius", which makes its appearance on the Persian ceramics
Persian ceramics only from the end of the seventeenth century. A panel from the same period representing a flautist is kept in the
Musée du Louvre (inv. n° MAO 2025). The Museum also holds a panel of a poetic joust covering
(inv. n° OA 3340), with a central turquoise tree comparable to this tile.
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