Eight-pointed Star Tile

ca. 1290–91

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Caption

Eight-pointed Star Tile, ca. 1290–91. Ceramic; fritware, painted in cobalt blue and luster on an opaque white glaze, 8 7/16 x 1/2 in. (21.4 x 1.2 cm) mount (m2 (wall mount 2022)): 8 1/2 × 8 1/2 × 3/4 in. (21.6 × 21.6 × 1.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Ernest Erickson Foundation, Inc., 86.227.70. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

Title

Eight-pointed Star Tile

Date

ca. 1290–91

Period

Ilkhanid period

Medium

Ceramic; fritware, painted in cobalt blue and luster on an opaque white glaze

Classification

Tiles

Dimensions

8 7/16 x 1/2 in. (21.4 x 1.2 cm) mount (m2 (wall mount 2022)): 8 1/2 × 8 1/2 × 3/4 in. (21.6 × 21.6 × 1.9 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of the Ernest Erickson Foundation, Inc.

Accession Number

86.227.70

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