TWO QAJAR POLYCHROME-PAINTED AND MOULDED POTTERY TILES
Late Qajar Iran, ca. 1880 - 1920

TWO QAJAR POLYCHROME-PAINTED AND MOULDED POTTERY TILES
Late Qajar Iran, ca. 1880 - 1920

Each tile of rectangular shape, painted in manganese purple, green, yellow, and washed pink and blue under a transparent glossy glaze against a white ground, the moulded figural decoration depicting a miniature-like composition with respectively a young foot-soldier with a forlorn expression and an older bearded gentleman on a white steed carrying a processional standard, the headdress of each figure reminiscent in style of classical Sassanian headgears emphasising the Qajars' obsession for Persia's past, the foot-soldier holding a sword in one hand, and an animal-headed mace in the latter, the cobalt blue-painted background of each tile livened by flowers, buildings, and mountains, the top of each tile with a rosette festoon in polychromes, 25.7cm x 16.9cm and 25.3cm x 16.9cm respectively.

(Quantity:2)

Dimensions: 25.7cm x 16.9cm and 25.3cm x 16.9cm respectively