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Cross-shaped tile

Ilkhanid Dynasty
1262 A.D./ 660 A.H.
Object Place: Kashan, Iran

Medium/Technique Composite body (quartz, clay and glaze frit), glazed in opaque white and overglaze painted in lustre
Dimensions Diam: 27.9 cm (11 in.)
Credit Line Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession Number07.902
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Islamic Art
ClassificationsCeramics
Tiles

InscriptionsQuranic inscriptions around border: Sura 1 and Sura 112
ProvenanceBought from Vignier, Paris for 200 francs. Gift of Denman W. Ross, Dec. 12, 1907.