Star-Shaped Tile
This eight-pointed star tile was once part of a panel of star- and cross-shaped tiles adorning the walls of an Ilkhanid building. Probably produced in the ceramic center of Kashan in Central Iran, the tile displays many characteristics typical of this site. A donkey painted in cobalt stands amid plants, with mostly illegible Persian poetry framing the scene. The background decoration and poetic verses that run along the border are rendered in luster.
Artwork Details
- Title: Star-Shaped Tile
- Date: 13th–14th century
- Geography: Made in Iran, probably Kashan
- Medium: Stonepaste; inglaze painted in blue and turquoise and luster-painted on opaque white glaze
- Dimensions: H. 8 in. (20.3 cm)
W. 8 in. (20.3 cm)
Wt. (the whole group): 51 lb. 23.1 kg - Classification: Ceramics-Tiles
- Credit Line: H.O. Havemeyer Collection, Gift of Horace Havemeyer, 1941
- Object Number: 41.165.23
- Curatorial Department: Islamic Art
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dated 612 AH/1215–16 CE
13th–14th century
13th–14th century
13th–14th century
13th–14th century
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