Lot 15: A TIMURID CUERDA SECA TILE, PERSIA OR CENTRAL ASIA, 15TH CENTURY

An irregular architectural tile fragment executed in the cuerda seca technique. The design features an interlocking floral lattice pattern with lobed manganese black cartouches, each containing a six-petalled white floral head with a dark centre, set against a deep cobalt blue ground. A section of the original border survives at one edge, showing a thick black line separated from a turquoise outer edge by a narrow white band. The glazed surface exhibits a fine, overall crazing throughout. The reverse displays a coarse, buff-coloured stonepaste body with visible surface irregularities and remnants of original mounting mortar.

Provenance: Private Collection, London.

40 by 24cm