Four Mamluk blue and white hexagonal tiles, Syria, 15th Century

comprising four hexagonal tiles, decorated in underglaze blue on a white ground, two with a central floral motif, one with a stylised palmette and one with a tree and flowering stems

All in fairly good condition, some restoration, two with breaks and repairs and associated overpainting, all with some small chips to edges, as viewed.
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Similar hexagonal tiles are to be found in the tomb of Ghars al-Din al-Tawrizi in Damascus, circa 1420-3 (see Gibbs 1998-9, p.36, fig.19).