A TURQUOISE-GLAZED CARVED STONE CHIMNEYPIECE
PROBABLY DAGHESTAN, 19TH CENTURY
With a central quatrofoil motif within a ground of scrolling arabesques, the border of cusped cartouches containing dense thuluth calligraphy, alternated with flower head roundels
29½ in. (75 cm.) high; 32¾ in. (83 cm.) wide
A TURQUOISE-GLAZED CARVED STONE CHIMNEYPIECE
PROBABLY DAGHESTAN, 19TH CENTURY
With a central quatrofoil motif within a ground of scrolling arabesques, the border of cusped cartouches containing dense thuluth calligraphy, alternated with flower head roundels
29½ in. (75 cm.) high; 32¾ in. (83 cm.) wide
