Lot 173. A Damascus pottery tile, Syria, late 16th-early 17th century; 33.2 by 33.5cm. Estimate 4,000 — 6,000 GBP. Lot sold 5,000 GBP (5,722 EUR). Courtesy Sotheby's 2018

of thick square form, decorated in shades of cobalt blue, turquoise and black on a white ground with a design consisting of entwining split-palmettes and floral vines, set on metal display mount .

Provenance: Christie's, London, 26 April 1994, lot 369.

Note: Similar tiles can be found in the Arab hall at Leighton House in London (1864-79), brought back from Damascus in the third quarter of the nineteenth century. The design relates to the 'Dome of the Rock' models, produced in Ottoman Syria, possibly Aleppo (see A. Millner, Damascus Tiles, Munich, 2015, p.274, no.6.74). A closely comparable tile was sold in these rooms, 20 April 2016, lot 195.

Sotheby's. Arts of the Islamic World, London, 25 Apr 2018