A DAMASCUS POTTERY TILE WITH LEAFY PALMETTES
Damascus, Ottoman Syria, 17th century

Of square shape, underglaze painted in cobalt blue and turquoise on white ground, with a central leafy palmette trellis, more angular points of split palmettes and stylised saz leaves overlapping the trellis stems, in a modern light wooden frame, 30.6cm x 30.4cm including the frame.