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Rectangular tile with two griffons
13th century
Object Place: Iran
Medium/Technique
Fritware (stonepaste), modeled decoration, turquoise-tinted glaze
Dimensions
Height: .17 x width: .27 ; thickness: .029
Credit Line
Maria Antoinette Evans Fund and funds donated by Edward Jackson Holmes
Accession Number31.769
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Islamic Art
DescriptionRectilinear tile, rough edges. Two winged griffons and a border in relief; tile coated in a turquoise-tinted glaze
ProvenanceBy 1931, purchased by Arthur Upham Pope for the MFA. (Accession Date: September 3, 1931)