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Star tile with bouquet and fish
Ilkhanid period
1260-1300
Object Place: Kashan, Iran
Medium/Technique
Fritware with whitened glaze and with reduced luster decoration applied in second firing.
Dimensions
Length 20.5 cm.
Credit Line
Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession Number08.295
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Islamic Art
DescriptionThe tile has a plain border on which is painted an inscription, probably of poetic verses. The inner star-shaped field is well painted with a large bouquet of flowers and leaves in reserve, with an area for two fish at the bottom.
ProvenanceDenman Waldo Ross Collection. Given to the MFA June 11, 1908