of irregular form, moulded and decorated in a brownish-gold lustre, cobalt-blue and turquoise on a white ground with a partial inscription in kufic, above a knot motif and partial palmette, all interspersed by foliate tendrils and on a ground of foliate interlace, mounted.

Provenance: H.E. the Baron Paternotte de La Vaillée, Belgian ambassador to Jordan and Lebanon from 1967–1970, and thence by descent.

Note: A frieze of similar tiles is in the British Museum (museum number G.204.1-4); another in the Museum of Islamic Art, Berlin, from the mihrab of a mosque in Natanz, is dated to circa 1307 (Inv. I.1277).
Bonhams. Islamic and Indian Art Including The Lion and the Sun, Art from Qajar Persia, London, 30 Apr 2019, 11:00 BST