SIX POLYCHROME-PAINTED, GILT AND VARNISHED POTTERY TILES
Possibly Qajar Iran, late 19th century

Each of square shape, four mounted and framed, two loose, painted in red, green, blue, gold and black against a white ground, the decoration consisting mostly of vases with lush floral bouquets and birds perched on branches in the wilderness, one tile decorated with a house or church with a tall tower at its back, the border of each one with a decorative frame with golden volutes and rosettes against green and red backgrounds, 23.8cm x 23.7cm the largest, 33cm x 33cm including the frame.

Provenance: Hotel Drouot-Richelieu Paris, 30 November 2007, lot 276.