??A TIMURID LUSTRE MIHRAB TILE, PROBABLY KASHAN, PERSIA, CIRCA 1500 moulded fritware, painted in lustre on white ground, the central inscribed panel with hanging lantern in relief, the cusped arch with scrolling foliage in the spandrels, framed by a border of further calligraphy, old inventory label reading 6203 on the reverse 34 x 24.5 x 3cm
Provenance: European Private Collection, acquired Christie's London, 18 October 1994, lot 315. Formerly in the collection of the late Dr. Arthur M. Sackler (1913-87) For four closely related tiles, one dated 1481-1528 AD in the Museum of Ceramics, Sevres (inv. no. MNC19335), the Art Institute of Chicago (AIC 16.145) and in situ in Kashan and Kuhpaya, see Oliver Watson, Persian Lustre Ware, London 1985, pp.161-162. See also Christie's London, 27 April 2004, lot 24.
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