A remarkable group of three sections of a frieze with Quranic inscriptions from the collection of Mnatzagan Pridonoff (1868-1937), Paris
Dim.: 65 x 22.5 cm; 55 x 21 cm and 35.5 x 21.5 cm
Provenance: Mnatzagan Pridonoff (1868-1937) and Marie Eugénie Heyser, Paris; Thence by descent.
Persia or Central Asia, second half 14th century
Mosaic of polychrome-glazed cut tiles on stonepaste body, set in mortar.
Inscriptions: Qur’an, chapter XVII (al-isrâ’), part of verse 79-82.
Dim.: 65 x 22.5 cm; 55 x 21 cm and 35.5 x 21.5 cm
