Ten-Pointed Star Tile
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Caption
Ten-Pointed Star Tile, mid–15th century. Ceramic; fritware, painted in cobalt blue, turquoise, and opaque white glazes with manganese purple in the cuerda seca (dry-cord) technique, with leaf gilding, 14 1/2 x 1 1/4 x 15 in. (36.8 x 3.2 x 38.1 cm) mount: 15 × 15 × 1 1/4 in. (38.1 × 38.1 × 3.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Ernest Erickson Foundation, Inc., 86.227.196a-b. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
Collection
Collection
Title
Ten-Pointed Star Tile
Date
mid–15th century
Dynasty
Timurid
Period
Timurid Period
Geography
Place made: Iran
Medium
Ceramic; fritware, painted in cobalt blue, turquoise, and opaque white glazes with manganese purple in the cuerda seca (dry-cord) technique, with leaf gilding
Classification
Dimensions
14 1/2 x 1 1/4 x 15 in. (36.8 x 3.2 x 38.1 cm) mount: 15 × 15 × 1 1/4 in. (38.1 × 38.1 × 3.2 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of the Ernest Erickson Foundation, Inc.
Accession Number
86.227.196a-b
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