Twelve-Pointed Star-Shaped Tile
Object type: Tile
Department: Islamic Art
Date: dated A.H. 846/1442–43 CE
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
Geography: Attributed to Khargird   Iran  
Credit line: Gift of Philip M. Lydig, 1917
Accession year: 1917
Tags: Stars