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Each of fragmentary hexagonal form, decorated underglaze in cobalt blue and manganese on a white ground with black outline, the first with lotus blossoms and scrolling leaves in a stellate cartouche, the second with flowerhead at centre of six radiating star motifs, one tile with accompanying stand, the larger 17.5cm across, 20cm high
Footnotes
Provenance
With Milner Manolatos, 2003 (the six sided tile)
Literature
White, Mary, Living at the Whites' House, Vol. 4, 2023, p.230
For comparable tiles, see the Louvre, inv. no. MAO 2022 and Millner, Arthur, Damascus Tiles, 2015, p.98.
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