Eight-Pointed Star-Shaped Tile

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13th century · Stonepaste; inglaze painted in blue, luster-painted on opaque white glaze · Islamic Art

Combining star- and cross-shaped luster tiles, this panel exemplifies the type of puzzle-like wall revetments popular in the Ilkhanid period. Some of the tiles shown here display inscriptions from the Qur'an or verses of Persian poetry. Their content reveals that the tiles came from differing architectural contexts - some religious, others secular - and only later were combined to create this display.

Artist

Unknown

Date

13th century

Medium

Stonepaste; inglaze painted in blue, luster-painted on opaque white glaze

Department

Islamic Art

Credit line

Edward C. Moore Collection, Bequest of Edward C. Moore, 1891