SIX FRAGMENTARY ARCHITECTURAL DAMASCUS POTTERY TILES
Ottoman Syria, 18th century

Comprising two in their complete square shape, four in fragmentary square shape, painted in cobalt blue, turquoise, green and some black outlines on white ground, three with arches filled with a band of geometric fretwork, the majority of the group with wide borders filled with rosettes and leaves, some against cobalt blue ground some against white, four tiles with calligraphic inscriptions reading Allah and Ali, the largest 22.8cm x 22.6cm.