An Iranian fritware tile with a hunting scene - image-1

Lot 5013 Dα

An Iranian fritware tile with a hunting scene

Auction 1093 - overview Brussels
18.06.2017, 10:30 - Oriental Works of Art from Belgian Collections
Estimate: 1.500 € - 2.000 €
Result: 2.728 € (incl. premium)
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An Iranian fritware tile with a hunting scene

Turquoise glaze with coarse craquelure. With a relief depiction of a lion hunt beneath an animal fries. Originally part of an extensive scheme of wall decor. Restored over a breakage, older retouches to the glaze, the surface slightly matte, sintering traces. H 18.5, W 24 cm.
Late 12th C.

Literature

Cf. Fehérvári, Ceramics of the Islamic World in the Tareq Rajab Museum, London-New York 2000, p. 105, no. 120.

Exhibitions

Centre Culturel de Boulogne-Billancourt, 26.1. - 26.3.1982