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Star tile with rabbit
Persian
Ilkhanid Dynasty
1260-1300
Object Place: Northwestern Iran
Medium/Technique
Fritware, with wide blue border painted on whitened glaze, and with reduced luster decoration applied in second firing.
Dimensions
Length 15 cm.
Credit Line
Bequest from Charles Henry Parker
Accession Number08.395
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Islamic Art
DescriptionThe tile has quite an elaborate border in cobalt blue, while the central star shape is painted in brown luster with a rabbit, shown twisting its head and surrounded by leaf forms.