Ten-Pointed Star Tile
Arts of the Islamic World
On View: Arts of the Islamic World, 2nd floor
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
DATES
mid–15th century
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)
(show scale)
ACCESSION NUMBER
86.227.196a-b
CREDIT LINE
Gift of the Ernest Erickson Foundation, Inc.
PROVENANCE
Prior to 1951, provenance not yet documented; before 1951, acquired by Dikran Kelekian of New York; between 1951 and 1971, provenance not yet documented; by 1971, acquired by Ernest Erickson of New York; December 16, 1986, gift of Ernest Erickson Foundation, Inc. to the Brooklyn Museum.
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CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION
In the "a" tile, the left most diamond in the center semi circle is more of an aspen leaf shape than a diamond. In the "b" tile, the left most diamond in the center semi circle appears more like a square, and is inset a bit from the edge of the tile.
CAPTION
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). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Ernest Erickson Foundation, Inc., 86.227.196a-b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 86.227.196a-b_PS11.jpg)
IMAGE
overall, 86.227.196a-b_PS11.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2022
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