Star tile with cow and tree

Ilkhanid period

1287–88 A.D./ 686 A.H.

Medium/Technique Fritware, with blue borders and tree painted on whitened glaze, and with reduced luster decoration and calligraphy applied in a second firing.

Dimensions Length 20.5 cm.

Credit Line Denman Waldo Ross Collection

Accession Number11.2803

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Islamic Art

ClassificationsCeramics
Tiles

DescriptionInside the probably poetic inscription of this 8-pointed Kashan tile the brown luster background shows off a spirited plump cow (or bull) running behind a tree and surrounded by other leafy forms - all in reserved white.