Lot 189. A group of Damascus underglaze-painted pottery tiles, Syria, 16th-18th Century; the largest 27 x 24 cm. Estimate £2,000 - 3,000. Sold for £ 3,750 (€ 4,275). © Bonhams 2001-2018

each variously decorated in cobalt blue, manganese, turquoise and green with black outline on white grounds, the first with a pool flanked by floral sprays; the second with a partial ewer filled with repeat cloud motifs; the third with a partial ewer flanked by floral sprays, the lower border with a frieze of foliate motifs filled with flowerheads; the fourth with a central rosette with issuing foliate motifs (4).