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Star tile with abstract pattern

1260-1300
Object PlaceNorthwest Iran
Medium/TechniqueFritware, with blue border on whitened glaze, and with reduced luster decoration applied in second firing.
DimensionsLength: 14 cm (5 1/2 in.)
Credit LineBequest of George Washington Wales
Accession number03.166
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ClassificationsCeramics
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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)