A large zilig calligraphic pottery tile panel North Africa, 14th Century or later comprising sixteen tiles of square form, the red-grey body decorated with a green glaze cut away to create a relief design of inscriptions on a ground of scrolling vine motifs each tile approx. 10.5 cm. square, panel 83.6 x 20.9 cm. Footnotes: Inscriptions: Qur'an, chapter III (Al 'Imran), part of verse 191, followed by: 'God told the truth and was conveyed by His Noble Messenger'. Unlike in the Levant and Egypt, a tradition of underglaze painting never developed in medieval Morocco, and the ingenious solution of intaglio was used to create designs far finer than those obtainable on cut-tile mosaic. Similar calligraphic friezes can be seen in the Abou Inania Madrasa in Fez (completed around 1355), sharing the same lobed cartouche border. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing