Arrow-shaped tile
possibly 14th century
Object PlaceIslamic World
Medium/TechniqueFritware with minai type low-temperature decoration. Overglaze Ilkhanid enamels - the Mongol successors of the earlier minai ware - were often dominated by a dark blue ground, and have been called lajvardina wares, after the color of lapis lazuli. The present much brighter palette may be a later taste.
DimensionsLongest 9.5 cm.
Credit LineJohn Wheelock Elliot and John Morse Elliot Fund
Accession number26.235
On View
Not on viewClassificationsTiles
Collections
Adrien Tournachon (known as Nadar jeune)
1861
Porcelain: 1628–44, mounts: early 18th century
Porcelain: 1628–44, mounts: early 18th century
late 12th–early 13th century
1st century A.D.
Kajikawa School
mid-18th century
Late 17th century