Two Multan underglaze-painted pottery tiles North India, 20th Century(2)

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Two Multan underglaze-painted pottery tiles North India, 20th Century each of square form, the first decorated in cobalt blue and turquoise on a white ground with a twelve-pointed star surrounded by a girih lattice and enclosing a flowerhead to its centre; the second decorated with a central cartouche containing a floral spray, further floral motifs to corners the larger 30.4 x 30.4 cm.(2) Footnotes: Comparable tiles to the geometric example were used in Multan's Mausoleum of Shah Rukn e Alam (initially built in 1320 CE). See for instance, Abdul Hamid Akhund and Nasreen Askari, Tale of the Tile: The Ceramic Traditions of Pakistan, p.332, fig. 139. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing

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Two Multan underglaze-painted pottery tiles North India, 20th Century(2)

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