A Kashan calligraphic lustre pottery tile, Persia, circa 1275-1325. Photo Sotheby's.

moulded in relief with an opacified tin glaze enhanced with turquoise, the cobalt blue elevated inscription in thuluth against a ground of leaves and scrolls, raised pseudo-calligraphic border above; 29.5 by 29.5cm. Estimation 4,000 — 6,000 GBP - Unsold.

Inscriptions: Qur’an, chapter XXXVI (Taha), part of verse 23; the Kufic, repeat of possibly: al-‘izz ‘Glory’

Sotheby's. Arts of the Islamic World, London | 09 avr. 2014 -http://www.sothebys.com/