e splendid piece figuredhere (Fig. 39); it is one of the largestand most masterly examples of thepottery of Iran. The third group,as remarkable fromthe number as from the splendour ofthe specimens which comprise it,furnishes the greater number of thetypes gathered in collections; walltiles,… … PERSIAN TILE WITH POLYCHROMEARABESQUE DECORATION. PERSIA. 139 will not assert with some writers that here is to be found the modern artof Persia ; we believe in the antiquity of many of the specimens, but itis pure Mohammedan art, with its ingenious combinations of straightand curved lines, which…
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