A RARE TIMURID HARDSTONE TOMB FRAGMENT, CENTRAL ASIA, CIRCA 1450-1500

Reference: ART3003455

Black basalt, of square form, the sides and edges carved with chinoiserie arabesques, the central panel with a pseudo-Kufic design.
32 by 29 by 6 cm.

CATALOGUE NOTE
For comparable examples, see Thomas W. Lentz and Glenn D. Lowry, Timur and the Princely Vision, Los Angeles, 1989, fig. 70 p. 209.