Twelve-Pointed Star-Shaped Tile

Unknown Artist

dated A.H. 846/1442–43 CE

Twelve-Pointed Star-Shaped Tile by Unknown Artist

Medium

Stonepaste; polychrome glaze within black wax resist outlines (cuerda seca technique)

Dimensions

H. 15 7/8 in. (40.3 cm) W. 15 7/8 in. (40.3 cm) D. 1 1/4 in. (3.2 cm)

Classification

Ceramics-Tiles

Department

Islamic Art

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of Philip M. Lydig, 1917

Accession Number

17.143.1

Tags

Stars

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