Lot 4. A Kashan calligraphic moulded lustre pottery tile, Persia, 13th-14th century; 20 by 45cm. Estimate 3,000 — 5,000 GBP. Unsold. Photo Sotheby's.

the fritware body with thuluth calligraphic inscription painted underglaze in cobalt blue between spiralling tendrils moulded in relief with turquoise highlights, on an overglaze lustre ground.

Inscriptions: The end of a phrase: ‘[of] God be upon them all’