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LOT 0321
Kashan Lustre Pottery Tile with Standing Male Figure
12TH-13TH CENTURY A.D.
6 3/4 x 5 3/8 in. (269 grams total, 17 x 13.5 cm).
Rectangular in plan with lateral spurs, reserved figure of a robed male in three-quarter view with hands clutching a purse (?) to the chest; mounted in a fabric-covered base with recessed opening displaying the reverse with impressed Kufic text.
Provenance
with Christie's, New York, Interiors Sale, 14 January 2009, no.778.
Private collection, UK.
This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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