A PANEL OF TWO SAFAVID CUERDA SECA POTTERY TILES WITH A POUNCING TIGER
PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT EUROPEAN PRIVATE COLLECTION
Safavid Iran, 17th century

Comprising two tiles of square shape, painted in the cuerda seca technique with a palette of yellow, green, cobalt blue, turquoise, and manganese purple against a white ground, depicting a pouncing tiger and two grazing gazelles in a grassy area, the tiger emerging from a patch of long grass, the tiles fixed together with plaster on board, twisted wires for hanging in the back, 46cm x 22.5cm together.