Four tiles with vegetal decoration, Syria, Damascus, late 16th - 18th century Siliceous ceramic with underglaze painted decoration of a poly-lobed rosette on the first, a network of vegetal stems decorated with flowers and bifid palmettes on the second, a stylized vine with a turquoise split stem, a serrated leaf with a tulip heart and a bunch of grapes on the third, green mantling facing each other on either side of a pair of saz leaves, on a background of vegetal network on the last. 23 x 23 cm Chips, restorations on the first three. The third tile has a decorative poncification known in the Darwish Pasha mosque of Damascus (1574) taken up again in the 17th century with a dominant of blues and brown of manganese. The fourth has a decorative pattern similar to tiles in the Victoria and Albert Museum in London (997-1884 (A-D)) attributed to Syria, Damascus, c. 1500-1700, but which appear to have originated in Cairo, Egypt. Four Fritware Tiles, Syria, Damascus, late 16th - 18th century