Star-Shaped Tile

Medium

Stonepaste; luster-painted on opaque white glaze under transparent glaze

Dimensions

H. 8 in. (20.3 cm) W. 8 in. (20.3 cm) Group of 20 Joined tiles: H. 74 5/8 in. (189.5 cm) W. 105 in. (266.7 cm) D. 2 5/8 in. (6.6 cm) Wt. (whole group): 51 lbs. (23.1 kg)

Classification

Ceramics-Tiles

Department

Islamic Art

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

H.O. Havemeyer Collection, Gift of Horace Havemeyer, 1941

Accession Number

41.165.7