A DAMASCUS UNDERGLAZE-PAINTED BORDER TILE
PERIOD :
Damas, XVIe et XVIIe siècles Late16/17th Century
ORIGIN:
Syria,
DIMENSIONS:
29.2 x 14.1 Cm.
DESCRIPTION:
Damas, XVIe et XVIIe siècles
A majestic damascus underglaze painted pottry border tile,of rectangular form, decorated in cobalt blue, turquoise, green, manganese and black on a white ground with scrolling saz leaves containing cloud-band motifs, and scrolling split palmettes, on a ground of foliate scrollwork with rosettes and partial flowerheads, all within horizontal opaque borders.
FOOTNOTES:
HARVEY, William (1578-1657). Exercitatio Anatomica de Motu Cordis et Sanguinis in Animalibus. Frankfurt: William Fitzer, 1628.
Comparable tiles are in The Metropolitan Museum, New York (Object No. 68.215.12) and the British Museum, London (Museum No. 1895,0603.135). For a similar tile Sold at Christie’s
28 Jun 1995.
CONDITION REPORT:
An insignificant rupture on the veneer has been revived by a professional restorater, additionally, with associated nominal retouching,As viewed.
PROVENANCE:
This Damascus Tile Underglaze Painted Border, It is said to have been a Probability of Grand Duke Nikolai Mikhailovich of Russia (1859-1919, grandson of Tsar Nicolas I, Lieutenant General, president of the Imperial Historical and Geographical societies.
