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Star tile with abstract pattern
Ilkhanid period
1260-1300
Object Place: Northwest Iran
Medium/Technique
Fritware, with blue border on whitened glaze, and with reduced luster decoration applied in second firing.
Dimensions
Length: 14 cm (5 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of George Washington Wales
Accession Number03.166
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia
DescriptionA small 8-pointed Kashan star tile painted with a field of circles in reserve, those in the central star painted using a brown luster, with lines of small white dots between.
InscriptionsOld red mark M.P. 73; paper label reads “No.1365, Persian, gift of Miss Breuer, bought in Algiers.”
ProvenanceBefore 1903, said to have been bought in Algiers by a Miss Breuer; 1903, gift of George Washington Wales to the MFA. (Accession date: January 15, 1903)