Square Tile

late 13th century

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 455

This stonepaste tile depicts a horse standing between two haloed figures. In the upper register, an elephant, a panther, and a tiger face toward the left. Likely from a building at the Ilkhanid summer palace of Takht-i Sulaiman, this tile was one of many depicting animals and figures in procession above a primary scene. The use of cobalt and turquoise glazes was typical of ceramics produced during the Ilkhanid period, particularly in Kashan.

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Title: Square Tile
Date: late 13th century
Geography: Made in Iran, Kashan
Medium: Stonepaste; molded and luster-painted on opaque white glaze under transparent glaze
Dimensions: H. 11 1/2 in. (29.2 cm)
W. 11 1/4 in. (28.6 cm)
Classification: Ceramics-Tiles
Credit Line: H.O. Havemeyer Collection, Gift of Horace Havemeyer, 1940
Object Number: 40.181.10
Curatorial Department: Islamic Art

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