Hexagonal Tile
Object type: Hexagonal tile
Department: Islamic Art
Date: second half 15th century
Medium: Earthenware; painted in black on a white ground under green glaze with traces of overglaze gold
Dimensions: H. 5 1/2 in. (14 cm)
Max. W. 6 1/4 in. (15.9 cm)
D. 7/8 in. (2.2 cm)

Classification: Ceramics-Tiles
Geography: Attributed to    Iran  
Credit line: Purchase, Rogers Fund; Thomas A. D. Ettinghausen and Elizabeth S. Ettinghausen Gifts, in memory of Richard Ettinghausen; and Steven Kossak, Mrs. Charles Wrightsman, and Richard S. Perkins Gifts, 1995
Accession year: 1995