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Star Tileabout 1270-1280

Not on view
Eight-pointed star-shaped ceramic tile with lustre glaze, decorated with white birds, cobalt blue borders and crescents, and interlocking turquoise spiral motifs on a honey-brown ground

Unknown, Star Tile, about 1270-1280, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Art Museum Council Fund, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Title
Star Tile
Place Made
Iran, probably Takht-i Sulyaman
Date Made
about 1270-1280
Medium
Fritware, overglaze luster-painted with turquoise and cobalt blue
Dimensions
1/2 x 7 7/8 in. (1.27 x 20 cm)
Credit Line
Art Museum Council Fund
Accession Number
M.68.22.8
Classification
Ceramics
Collecting Area
Art of the Middle East: Islamic