Creative Commons License
Creative Commons License
Creative Commons License
Creative Commons License
Lusterware Star-Shaped Tile
1262 (Medieval)
fritware ceramic with luster decoration
(Islamic World )
(Islamic World )
This lusterware star-shaped tile is decorated with a shrub design. This tile and Walters 48.1290 are from the tomb of Imamzada Yayha at Veramin.
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
Dikran Kelekian, Paris and New York, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, [date of acquisition unknown], by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Measurements
H: 12 1/16 x W: 12 1/8 x D: 13/16 in. (30.7 x 30.8 x 2 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters
Accession Number
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In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
48.1292