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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
ClassificationsCeramics
Tiles

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)