A DAMASCUS POTTERY TILE Ottoman Syria, 17th century Of square shape, painted in blue, green, turquoise and black on white ground, the decoration divided in two parts and consisting of an upper band with tulips, carnations, lush leaves and the base of a flower vase filled with scrolling split palmettes on blue ground, and a lower band with swaying floral spray with tulips, rosettes and saz leaves, mounted onto a later black wooden frame, 27.7cm x 24cm including the frame.