A pair of Timurid moulded pottery squinch tiles (muqarnas)
Persia, second half of the 14th Centuryeach of rectangular and concave form with pointed arched top, decorated in turquoise and white glaze, deeply carved with a lattice design of vegetal interlace
30 cm. high(2)注脚The tiles in the present lot are related to those which line the walls of the funerary chamber in 'The Mausoleum of an Anonymous Woman' in Samarkand dating to 1360 (see Jean Soustiel and Yves Porter, Tombs of Paradise, Saint-Remy-en-L'Eau 2003, p. 87).