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Tile, Half Star

dated 616 AH/1218–19 CE
Not on view
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)".

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • 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
  • Curatorial Department: Islamic Art

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