Star-shaped tile with an inscription and floral scrolls
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
c. 1262 - c. 1265
Star-shaped earthenware tile, painted in lustre with a text in Persian or Arabic script and floral scrolls. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as BK-1992-35; its record gives material recorded as glaze, earthenware, luster (textile); technique vitrification, paint, fired, formed; measurements diameter 21 cm x thickness 1.5 cm.
Description translated from the museum's Dutch catalogue text; details are those of this museum object, and how far it represents a wider type has not been independently verified.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- glaze, earthenware, luster (textile)
- Technique
- vitrification, paint, fired, formed
- Measurements
- diameter 21 cm x thickness 1.5 cm
- Dimensions museum
- diameter 21 cm x thickness 1.5 cm
Identification
- Original title
- Stervormige tegel met een opschrift en bloemranken
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- BK-1992-35
- Museum classification
- tile
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.
Research required
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