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Luster painted tiles for the decoration of representative interiors often have poetry in the margin. This tile is dated to dated "In the months of the year 616 (1218–19)".
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Title: Tile, Half Star
Date: dated 616 AH/1218–19 CE
Geography: Made in Iran, Kashan
Medium: Stonepaste; luster-painted on opaque white glaze under transparent colorless glaze
Classification: Ceramics-Tiles
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1966
Object Number: 66.95.5
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