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Country of Origin: Ottoman
Empire
Auction Catalogue Description:
Arts of the Islamic World
SALE L06220 LOT 91
SESSION 1 | 05 Apr 06 10:30 AM.
London, New Bond Street
A MINAI OR LAJVARDINA POTTERY STAR TILE, PERSIA,
CIRCA 1275
4,500—6,000 GBP
MEASUREMENTS
measurements note
21.2cm.
DESCRIPTION
painted in overglaze enamels with a dragon
chasing a flaming pearl against scrolls and
cloudbands, with original gilding
CATALOGUE NOTE
Similar tiles depicting dragons and phoenixes
have been found at Takht-i Sulaiman ("Throne
of Solomon"), the summer palace of the
Mongol Ilkhan, Abakha, constructed in the 1270s
in the mountainous region around Lake Urmia south
of Tabriz. A number survive in museum collections
in Europe and North America, including the Metropolitan
Museum of Art, New York, The Arthur M.
Sackler Gallery, Washington, and the Museum
für Islamische Kunst, Berlin (see Komaroff
and Carboni 2002, p.95, figs. 101 and 102, and
p.175, fig. 204). This example is unusual in
being intact with original gilding.
Seen on www.Sotheby's.com
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