TWO PANELS OF POLYCHROME CUERDA SECA POTTERY TILES... Lot 143

TWO PANELS OF POLYCHROME CUERDA SECA POTTERY TILES WITH GEOMETRIC STAR MOTIFS Possibly Sindh, Northern India, and Morocco, Northern Africa, 19th and 20th century Comprising a panel made of twelve square tiles, the red earthenware body covered in white slip and painted in cobalt blue, turquoise, and yellow, repeating the same motif consisting of a central roundel in-filled with an eight-pointed turquoise star medallion with floral collar in the middle, irradiating two superimposed sixteen-pointed stars in blue and yellow, each square tile 15cm x 15cm; and another panel of six tiles, painted in turquoise, blue, yellow, and red, with starburst design featuring both hexagonal and octagonal star patterns, each square tile 12.5cm x 12.5cm.