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Star tile with heron
Persian
Ilkhanid Dynasty
1260-1300
Object Place: Northwestern Iran
Medium/Technique
Buff fritware, with blue borders painted on whitened glaze, and with reduced luster decoration applied in second firing.
Dimensions
Length 13 cm.
Credit Line
Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession Number07.673
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Islamic Art
DescriptionA medium sized Kashan star tile, with carefully laid-out cobalt borders between which is an inscription. The bird, which could also be an ibis, is caught in twisting motion, and is surrounded by plants, also in reserve and with a “textured” ground which characterizes the mature Kashan Style.