A PANEL OF TWO POLYCHROME-PAINTED MULTAN POTTERY TILES WITH CALLIGRAPHIC MEDALLIONS
Multan, Sindh, Punjab, 19th century

Each tile of square shape, underglaze-painted in turquoise, red, yellow, and cobalt blue on a white ground, decorated with a large calligraphic medallion inscribed with the Quranic Sura al-Ikhlas (112) in a stylised intertwined thuluth script encircled by a stylised yellow laurel crown, underneath a turquoise-highlighted lobed and cusped arch, set against a red-painted background with white rosette stems, mounted on a modern wooden frame, each tile 30.7cm x 30.8cm, 34.3cm x 65.2cm including the frame.