FIVE FRAGMENTARY SAFAVID CUERDA SECA POTTERY TILES: THE HATAYI MOTIF
Iran, 17th century

Comprising five, differently sized and fragmentary pottery tiles, possibly from the same original composition, painted in deep cobalt blue, green, turquoise and manganese purplish-black on a white ground, produced using the Andalusian cuerda seca technique, featuring sections of a hatayi motif with lotus flowers, rosette stems, saz leaves, and split palmettes, the largest fragment 23cm x 18.5cm at greatest points.