A very fine fritware tile decorated with fine lotus blossoms and composite flowers painted in cobalt-blue against a white ground. The border framed and painted in manganese-purple.

Damascus, Syria
Mamluk, 1420-1450

Height: 19 cm
Width: 16 cm

Note:
Other tiles from the same group decorate the walls of the Mosque and Tomb of the Mamluk dignitary, Ghars al-Din Khalil al-Tawrizi, in Damascus, built around 1423 as well as in the Mosque of Murad II in Edirne built between 135-1436. This tile, although strongly influenced by Chinese prototypes, illustrates a specifically Islamic treatment.

Comparison:
Victoria & Albert Museum, London

Literature:

Art from the World of Islam in The David Collection, Copenhagen, 2001, p.165, fig. 203.
Damascus Tiles, Arthur Millner, 2015, p.109, fig.3.45, p.248, fig. 6.14
Islamic Art at the Musée Du Louvre, ed. Sophie Makariou, Paris, 2012, pg. 229, pl. 140.