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Ten-Pointed Star Tile

Medium: Ceramic, gold-leaf overglaze, opaque turquoise, cobalt-blue, and white glaze, off-white body
Place Made: Iran
Dates: mid-15th century
Dynasty: Timurid
Period: Timurid
Dimensions: 14 1/2 x 1 1/4 x 15 in. (36.8 x 3.2 x 38.1 cm)
Collections: Arts of the Islamic World
Museum Location: This item is on view in Arts of the Islamic World, 2nd Floor
Accession Number: 86.227.196a-b
Credit Line: Gift of the Ernest Erickson Foundation, Inc.
Image: Overall, CUR.86.227.196.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2008

Catalogue Description: In the "a" tile the left most diamond in the center semi circle is more of an aspen leaf shape than a diamond and in the "b" tile the left most diamond in the center semi circle appears more like a square and is inset a bit from the edge of the tile.

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