A large Kashan lustre pottery frieze tile, Iran, circa 1300

of square form moulded in relief with an opacified tin glaze enhanced with copper green and cobalt blue over-decorated in lustre with a monumental inscription in naskh against a ground of leaves and scrolls, raised arabesque border above, a minor band below

inscription

Parts of an inscription in Persian:

be-goftar-e payghambarat

'According to the saying of the Prophet'

See footnote to lot 123.