Four Mughal Cuerda Seca Tiles, Lahore or Kashmir, 17th Century

each of square form decorated in yellow, green, cobalt blue, manganese, red-brown and pink outlined in black, a band of scrolling foliage against a green ground, with central motif of floral sprays on yellow

In generally good condition, craquelure, minor surface wear and abrasion, as viewed.
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It is likely that Lahore was one of the principal centres of Mughal cuerda seca tile manufacture but tiles were also probably made locally for monuments in Kashmir. A group of cuerda seca tiles of similar colour and design are illustrated in Guy, J., and D. Swallow, Art of India, London, 1990, p.88, pl.65. A similar pair of tiles were sold through these rooms, 24 October 2007, lot 207.