Eight-Pointed Star Tile with Simurgh (Phoenix)
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Caption
Eight-Pointed Star Tile with Simurgh (Phoenix), late 13th century. Ceramic; fritware, painted in luster and blue over an opaque white glaze, 8 x 8in. (20.3 x 20.3cm) mount (m2): 8 × 8 × 3/4 in. (20.3 × 20.3 × 1.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Ernest Erickson Foundation, Inc., 86.227.72. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
Collection
Collection
Title
Eight-Pointed Star Tile with Simurgh (Phoenix)
Date
late 13th century
Dynasty
Seljuk
Period
Ilkhanid Period
Medium
Ceramic; fritware, painted in luster and blue over an opaque white glaze
Classification
Dimensions
8 x 8in. (20.3 x 20.3cm) mount (m2): 8 × 8 × 3/4 in. (20.3 × 20.3 × 1.9 cm)
Inscriptions
تا در نرسد وعدۀ هر کار که هست سودي نکند باري هر یار که [هست] تقدیر زیر؟ قضاي ناچـار که هست در خواب کند مردن؟ بیدار که هست The first line is from Abū Sa`īd Abū al-khair and appears in his Divan. جهان و کــار جهـان سراســـر بادســـت خنک دلي که ز [بند] زمانه آزاد است ثبات نیست جهان را بناخوشي و خوشي که عهد او بیوفا The first line of these poem also appears on another object in other museum The inscription read by Abdullah Ghouchani
Credit Line
Gift of the Ernest Erickson Foundation, Inc.
Accession Number
86.227.72
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