Damascus, Syria

16th century.

A pair of square stone paste tiles painted in cobalt blue, manganese purple, turquoise and apple green. Outlined in black, the design shows part of a vase in apple green on the left of the composition decorated in a profusion of blue and white arabesques and split palmettes with a turquoise band around the rim and base. Reserved in white and green against a deep blue background, a split palmette, a carnation and small rosettes float between long flower stems and water reeds.
16th century.

21 x 10.5 in. {53.4 x 26.6 cm.}

Ex: collection Lockwood de Forest {1850-1932}