Hexagonal Tile

Unknown

second half 15th century · Earthenware; painted in black on a white ground under green glaze with traces of overglaze gold · Islamic Art

Hexagonal tiles such as this one- decorated in a black scrolling arabesque underneath a green glaze- belong to a number of international museum collections. Such pieces were produced in Iran, and a group of very similar tiles remain in situ, in the tomb chamber of the Masjid-i Shah at Mashhad, Iran.

Artist

Unknown

Date

second half 15th century

Medium

Earthenware; painted in black on a white ground under green glaze with traces of overglaze gold

Department

Islamic Art

Credit line

Purchase, Rogers Fund; Thomas A. D. Ettinghausen and Elizabeth S. Ettinghausen Gifts, in memory of Richard Ettinghausen; and Steven Kossak, Mrs. Charles Wrightsman, and Richard S. Perkins Gifts, 1995