Border tile, Ottoman Syria, second half of the 16th century Rectangular siliceous ceramic tile with black painted decoration under a transparent turquoise glaze of a polylobed cartouche in the center with floral scrolls and framed by two bifid palmettes. Gilded wood frame. Sight size: 10.3 x 17.6 cm Small chips, one corner trimmed, tile shortened, wear to frame. Provenance : Former collection of Michael Pacha Portakalian (1842-1897), high-ranking official at the court of Sultan Abdulhamid II, then by descent. Several similar tiles are in the Musée du Louvre in Paris (MAO 2189, OA 6063, AD 281/1 and 2).