Large 8-pointed star tile
1210–11
Object PlaceKashan, Iran
Medium/TechniqueComposite body) quartz, clay, and glass frit), glazed in opaque white and overglaze painted in lustre
DimensionsW: 27.4 cm (10 13/16 in.)
Credit LineDenman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession number17.509
On View
Not on viewClassificationsTiles
Collections
ProvenanceLent by Denman W. Ross, August 19, 1912.
Made a gift Feb. 15, 1917.
Made a gift Feb. 15, 1917.
October–December 1262
October–December 1262
October–December 1262
1262 A.D./ 660 A.H.
about 1250
1261–63 A.D./ 659–661 A.H.
second half of the 16th century
late 12th century
13th century
early 14th century, probably 1310
late 12th–early 13th century