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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