Tile Fragment Depicting a Man Stoking a Fire

• Artist: Persian (Culture)
• Medium: Ceramic; fritware, painted in yellow, turquoise, cobalt blue, black, opaque white, and light grayish blue glazes with manganese purple in the cuerda seca (dry-cord) technique
• Dates: first half of the 17th century
• Dynasty: Safavid
• Period: Safavid
• Dimensions: 9 1/4 x 4 3/4 in. (23.5 x 12.1 cm)
• Collection: Arts of the Islamic World
• Museum Location: Brooklyn Museum, BMA, 2F66 Interim Storage, Shelf 502
• Accession Number: 71.194.1
• Image: 71.194.1_PS2.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, Nov 30, 2008