The upper register with foliate palmettes, the cobalt-blue inscription lightly pitted, repaired breaks.

Provenance: Andre Godard, Tehran, circa 1935-1937.
Claude Achille Clarac; sold by his estate, Haut Roche, Daguerre, 26 June 2016, lot 142.

Note: Two particularly closely comparable Kashan tiles are in the Brooklyn Museum of Art (acc. no.42.212.58 and 42.212.57). A further example is recorded as being part of the Louvre collection (acc. no.MA2126). A very similar tile was sold in these Rooms, 7 October 2008, lot 74.

Christie's. Art of the Islamic and Indian Worlds Including Oriental Rugs and Carpets, London, 2 May 2019