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

Lot 5032 Dα

An Iranian Lajvardina fritware tile with a hunting scene

Auction 1093 - overview Brussels
18.06.2017, 10:30 - Oriental Works of Art from Belgian Collections
Estimate: 3.000 € - 4.000 €
Result: 3.224 € (incl. premium)
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An Iranian Lajvardina fritware tile with a hunting scene

Cobalt blue glaze, red and white overglaze decor, traces of gilding. Modelled tile with relief decor depicting a horseman amid foliate ornaments and birds in flight, presumably part of a fries. Restored and glued over breakages, the surface partially matte and with sintering. H 19.4, W 19 cm.
2nd half 13th C.

Provenance

Formerly the Kelekian Collection.

Literature

Cf. Porter, Islamic tiles, London 1995, p. 40 f., no. 29.