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Arrow-shaped tile

possibly 14th century
Object Place: Islamic World

Medium/Technique Fritware with minai type low-temperature decoration. Overglaze Ilkhanid enamels - the Mongol successors of the earlier minai ware - were often dominated by a dark blue ground, and have been called lajvardina wares, after the color of lapis lazuli. The present much brighter palette may be a later taste.
Dimensions Longest 9.5 cm.
Credit Line John Wheelock Elliot and John Morse Elliot Fund
Accession Number26.235
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Islamic Art
ClassificationsTiles

DescriptionThis tile fragment is missing a corner, but clearly was one of many shapes making up a complex decorative pattern. The decoration of stylized vegetal forms is carried out in light blue, black, white and red.