A Kashan blue and turquoise-glazed moulded pottery calligraphic tile, Persia, 14th century

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Christie's South Kensington, the Contents of Le Bois Muralt: The Collection Of A European Noble Family, 18 and 19 January 2000, lot 230.

inscriptions

‘It acquired elegance and splendour'  
Persian inscription, possibly parts of a poem (text unidentified).