Star- and Hexagonal-Tile Panel
Object Name:
Tile panel
Date:
late 13th–14th century
Geography:
Iran, Nishapur
Culture:
Islamic
Medium:
Stonepaste; polychrome tiles glazed in turquoise and blue and molded under transparent glaze
Dimensions:
H. 41 3/4 in. (106 cm)
W. 24 1/4 in. (61.6 cm)
D. 2 in. (5.1 cm)
Wt. 105 lbs. (47.6 cm)
Classification:
Ceramics-Tiles
Credit Line:
Rogers Fund, 1937
Accession Number:
37.40.26
Cobalt- and turquoise-glazed tiles of different shapes covered the walls of Ilkhanid palaces, mosques, and mausoleums. The turquoise hexagonal tiles of this arrangement bear conventional circular floral designs molded in relief, while the star tiles are glazed in cobalt and decorated with Chinese lotuses, a motif that entered Iranian art during this period. The deep contours of these forms, together with the iridescence of their glazes, makes the patterns visible even under a monochrome glazing.
Date: 11th century
Medium: Earthenware; graffiato decoration under turquoise blue glaze
Accession Number: 40.170.655
Date: late 13th–14th century
Medium: Stonepaste; molded under a transparent glaze
Accession Number: 37.40.27
Date: 12th century
Medium: Earthenware; turquoise glaze
Accession Number: 48.101.93
Date: 12th century
Medium: Stonepaste; applied decoration, monochrome painted under turquoise glaze
Accession Number: 39.40.107
Date: 11th–12th century
Medium: Earthenware; gritty white body, turquoise blue glaze and black stripes
Accession Number: 40.170.689
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