Star tile with Shahnama imagery
early 13th century
Object Placeprobably Kashan, Iran
Medium/TechniqueFritware (stonepaste) with polychrome and luster decoration on opaque white glaze
DimensionsOverall: 27 x 22.5 x 2 cm (10 5/8 x 8 7/8 x 13/16 in.)
Credit LineJulia Knight Fox Fund
Accession number31.495
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Not on viewClassificationsCeramics
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Provenance1931, sold by H. & H. Stora, Paris and New York, to the MFA for $1,200. (Accession Date: July 16, 1931)
September 1211 (Rabi' II 608 Hijra)
1310 A.D./ A.H. 710
14th century
17th–19th century
16th century
late 19th–early 20th century
late 18th–19th century
14th century
Islamic I (7th–10th century)
probably 19th century
1725–1775
1725–1775