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Star tile with four men
Ilkhanid Dynasty
1260-1280 A.D/ 658-678 A.H.
Medium/Technique
Fritware, with reduced luster decoration on a whitened glaze, given a second firing in a reducing atmosphere.
Dimensions
31 cm. D
Credit Line
Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession Number07.669
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Islamic Art
DescriptionA large Kashan star tile with a calligraphic border in red-brown luster which is also used to paint a group of four figures, probably men, in elaborate robes, with a fishpond below.
ProvenanceDenman Waldo Ross Collection; purchased by Ross from Dikran G. Kelekian, Paris, together with two other tiles (07.668; 07.670) for 3000 francs.