A PAIR OF DAMASCUS BONE-INLAID PAINTED WOOD PLANT STANDS INLAID WITH DAMASCUS POTTERY TILES, SYRIA, 16TH AND 19TH CENTURY A PAIR OF DAMASCUS BONE-INLAID PAINTED WOOD PLANT STANDS INLAID WITH DAMASCUS POTTERY TILES, SYRIA, 16TH AND 19TH CENTURY A PAIR OF DAMASCUS BONE-INLAID PAINTED WOOD PLANT STANDS INLAID WITH DAMASCUS POTTERY TILES, SYRIA, 16TH AND 19TH CENTURY A PAIR OF DAMASCUS BONE-INLAID PAINTED WOOD PLANT STANDS INLAID WITH DAMASCUS POTTERY TILES, SYRIA, 16TH AND 19TH CENTURY A PAIR OF DAMASCUS BONE-INLAID PAINTED WOOD PLANT STANDS INLAID WITH DAMASCUS POTTERY TILES, SYRIA, 16TH AND 19TH CENTURY

A PAIR OF DAMASCUS BONE-INLAID PAINTED WOOD PLANT STANDS INLAID WITH DAMASCUS POTTERY TILES, SYRIA, 16TH AND 19TH CENTURY

Reference: ART3002080

Each of rectangular form, flaring towards the top with ornamented vaulting to the sides, profusely carved and painted in polychrome with vegetal and geometric designs, the borders inlaid with bone sections forming stars, the tops inlaid with Damascus underglaze painted pottery tiles decorated underglaze in polychrome with floral designs, the frames with pseudo-inscriptions. The tiles circa 1565-1570, the plant stands 19th century. 77 by 49 by 49 cm. (2)

CATALOGUE NOTE For a similar tile in the Arab Hall at Leighton House see Arthur Milner, Damascus Tiles, 2015, page 259.