A MULTAN POTTERY TILE, 19TH CENTURY A MULTAN POTTERY TILE, 19TH CENTURY

A MULTAN POTTERY TILE, 19TH CENTURY

Reference: ART3006236

With moulded raised central lobed section, decorated in blue and turquoise with inscriptions amidst floral motifs.
The inscriptions comprise invocations to Allah and His prophet Muhammad.
28 by 30 cm.

For an almost identical tile in the David Collection, see Kjeld von Folsach, Art from the World of Islam, Copenhagen 2001, no. 294.