A DAMASCUS BLUE AND TURQUOISE POTTERY TILE WITH CYPRESS TREES
Damascus, Ottoman Syria, 17th century

Of square shape, underglaze painted in cobalt blue, turquoise and manganese purple, the decoration a fragment of a larger continuous decorative scheme with rows of cypress trees interspersed with vases with three tulips, the cypresses with pseudo-fish-scale patterns to their centres and jagged contours partially reminiscent of early Iznik pottery saz leaves, 22.5cm x 22.5cm.