Lot 38
A KASHAN TURQUOISE POTTERY CALLIGRAPHIC TILE
PERSIA, KASHAN, 13TH CENTURY
Auction: 10 June 2026 from 14:00 BST
Description
of square form, moulded and decorated in a turquoise glaze with a calligraphic inscription in relief, that reads: ‘… the greatest …, the …’. , with a wide band of an intertwined vegetative design above
Dimensions
22.5cm x 23.5cm
Footnote
This beautiful turquoise-glazed tile would have decorated the exterior of an edifice and captured the bright sunlight. The inscriptions include the word al-a‘zam (the greatest) which appears most often in inscriptions of the period as parts of titles, e.g. al-sultan al-a‘zam (the greatest Sultan).
For a similar tile, see Sotheby's, Arts of the Islamic World, 7th October 2015, lot 301.