Star-Shaped Tile
Object type: Tile
Department: Islamic Art
Date: 1260–70
Medium: Stonepaste; luster-painted on opaque white glaze under transparent glaze
Dimensions: H. 8 in. (20.3 cm)
W. 8 in. (20.3 cm)
Group of 20 Joined tiles:
                                              H. 74 5/8 in. (189.5 cm)
                                              W. 105 in. (266.7 cm)
                                               D. 2 5/8 in. (6.6 cm)

Wt. (whole group): 51 lbs. (23.1 kg)

Classification: Ceramics-Tiles
Geography: Made in probably Kashan   Iran  
Credit line: H.O. Havemeyer Collection, Gift of Horace Havemeyer, 1941
Accession year: 1941