R003244
Blue and white underglaze pottery tile with palm trees
Painted in cobalt blue against a white ground, the tile, of square shape, is decorated with a central cypress flanked by a pair of out-curving palm trees from which hang bunches of dates and a pair of confronting ewers.
In the minor details of the decoration one can find parallels to this piece in early pottery from Iznik thus providing a direct link between Mamluk and Ottoman pottery.
Origin
Mamluk Egypt or Syria
Date
1st half 15th century
Height: 25 cm
Width: 25 cm
Provenance
1970s Drouot auction, Paris (Boisgirard?)
Jacques Desenfans Collection, Brussels
Bonham's, Bond Street, 10/04/2008, lot 36
Acquired there by AXIA