• A Safavid cut-tile mosaic panel depicting the constellation Sagittarius, Persia, 17th/18th century
  • Handicrafts and classics, Pottery and cermaic
  • 73.5 * 66 cm
  • composed of turquoise, blue, yellow, green, black and orange glazed cut-tilework forming the figure of Sagittarius against a floral scroll, framed by a band of interlacing flowers, mounted on a wood backing with suspension hooks, framed

    73.5 by 66cm; 83 by 75cm. framed
Estimation
£20,000
26,178 USD
- £30,000
39,267 USD
Unsold
Artwork Description

Two closely comparable panels to the present have survived: one in the L.A. Mayer Museum of Islamic Art, Jerusalem (inv. no.C 196-70) and another in the Museum für Angewandte Kunst, Frankfurt, inv. no.13049. Similar Safavid figures of a Sagittarius on tiles are also found on two Safavid arch spandrels on the Gate of Qaysariya bazaar in Isfahan and two arch spandrels in the Portland Museum, inv. no.2013.128.5a-d.
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