Photo of collection object Ten-Pointed Star Tile
Ten-Pointed Star Tile, mid-15th century. Ceramic; fritware, painted in cobalt blue, turquoise, and opaque white glazes with manganese purple in the cuerda seca (dry-cord) technique, with leaf gilding, 14 1/2 x 1 1/4 x 15 in. (36.8 x 3.2 x 38.1 cm) mount: 15 × 15 × 1 1/4 in. (38.1 × 38.1 × 3.2 cm). Gift of the Ernest Erickson Foundation, Inc., 86.227.196a-b. Creative Commons-BY.
Brooklyn Museum
Brooklyn Museum

Ten-Pointed Star Tile

mid-15th century

Maker Unknown

Arts of the Islamic World

Original Source
Maker/Artist
Maker Unknown
Classification
Tiles
Formatted Medium
Ceramic; fritware, painted in cobalt blue, turquoise, and opaque white glazes with manganese purple in the cuerda seca (dry-cord) technique, with leaf gilding
Medium
ceramic, fritware, painted, cobalt, blue, turquoise, opaque, white, glazes, manganese, purple, cuerda, seca, dry-cord, technique, leaf, gilding
Locations
Place made: Iran
Dynasty
Timurid
Period
Timurid Period
Dimensions
14 1/2 x 1 1/4 x 15 in. (36.8 x 3.2 x 38.1 cm) mount: 15 × 15 × 1 1/4 in. (38.1 × 38.1 × 3.2 cm)
Departments
Arts of the Islamic World
Accession Number
86.227.196a-b
Credit Line
Gift of the Ernest Erickson Foundation, Inc.
Exhibitions
Arts of the Islamic World
Rights Statement
Creative Commons-BY
Museum Location
Arts of the Islamic World, 2nd floor
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