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This rectangular tile may have been part of a frieze employed on dado panels. Given its figural subject matter, this tile probably came from a secular building, since in religious ones only non-figural subjects were tolerated.
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Title: Tile
Date: 13th century
Geography: Made in Iran
Medium: Stonepaste; luster-painted
Dimensions:
H. 5 1/2 in. (14 cm)
W. 11 in. (28 cm)
D. 13/16 in. (2 cm)
Classification: Ceramics-Tiles
Credit Line: The Grinnell Collection, Bequest of William Milne Grinnell, 1920
Accession Number: 20.120.28
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