Carreau du type du Dôme du Rocher Lot n° 108

Damascus or Aleppo, Syria, late 16th century Square ceramic dish with cobalt-painted decoration surrounded by manganese on a white background, the diagonal finial formed of palmettes and arabesques. Condition : Framed. Good condition. 20 x 20 cm at sight This decoration is typical of the tiles executed for the restoration of the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem in the mid-16th century, by order of Sultan Suleiman. It was regularly used for decorations in Damascus and Aleppo, notably in "Beit Jumblat", but also in Saint John of Jerusalem and several Armenian churches. See A. Millner, Damascus Tiles,Mamluk and Ottoman, architectural Ceramics from Syria, Prestel, London, 2015, pp. 274-275, fig. 6.71 to 6.75. See also J. Carswsell, Kutahya tiles and Pottery..., London, 1972, pl. 9, n°4 and 4a, plates 15, n°83, and plates 22 and 23. A Dome of the rock pottery tile, Damascus or Aleppo, late 16th century