A MULTAN BLUE AND TURQUOISE CALLIGRAPHIC POTTERY TILE
PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF SIR ROY STRONG (B.1935), BRITISH ART HISTORIAN AND FORMER DIRECTOR OF THE NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY
Multan, Pakistan, ca. 1920 - 1930

In the shape of an ogival arch, the centre of the tile with cobalt blue calligraphy reading the Muslim shahada (declaration of faith) on a white ground, surrounded by turquoise and cobalt blue iris and rosette floral decorations, set within a thin turquoise band, the reverse with semi-circular indentations, 26.2cm x 28.1cm.

Provenance: Chorley's Auctioneers, England, Collections from The Laskett, 27 April 2021, lot 253.