Hexagonal Tile
Unknown Artist
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
Department
Islamic Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
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 Number
1995.274