Star-Shaped Tile Fragment

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With the Mongol conquest of Iran Chinese design merged with Persian techniques of polychrome glazed tiles. A phoenix is painted on a blue ground, coloured with lapis lazuli (lajvardina), which gave the name of that ware. The body and the feathers, and some of the clouds are covered with cut gold leaves.

Star-Shaped Tile Fragment, Stonepaste; molded, overglaze painted, and leaf gilded (lajvardina)

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Star-Shaped Tile Fragment, Stonepaste; molded, overglaze painted, and leaf gilded (lajvardina)
Star-Shaped Tile Fragment, Stonepaste; molded, overglaze painted, and leaf gilded (lajvardina)

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