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Name of Object:

Eight-pointed star-shaped tile

Location:

Bucharest, Romania

Holding Museum:

The National Museum of Art of Romania

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Date of Object:

Hegira 8th century / AD 14th century

Museum Inventory Number:

86284 / 1534

Material(s) / Technique(s):

Fritware, moulded decoration, painted in lustre on an opaque white glaze with accents of blue and green

Dimensions:

Height: 21cm, Width: 21cm

Period / Dynasty:

Ilkhanid

Provenance:

Iran

Description:

Tile in the shape of an eight-pointed star with a blue border. It is decorated with an eight-pointed star featuring a design in low relief: a running deer in a field of vegetation reserved in white against the lustre-painted ground. The text of the first Sura, Fatiha (The Opener), in Arabic, is inscribed between the parallel sides of the concentric polygons. The inscription, in naskhi characters, is painted in lustre on a white ground.

How date and origin were established:

Stylistic analysis

How Object was obtained:

Purchased by the Ministry of Culture in 1978. Transferred to the Museum in 1979.

How provenance was established:

Stylistic analysis

Selected bibliography:

Dunca, M., Scrierea în arta islamică, Bucharest: National Museum of Art of Romania, 2000: 60, cat. no. 34.
Komaroff, L. and Carboni, S., The Legacy of Genghis Khan. Courtly Art and Culture in Western Asia, 1256-1353, New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2002.

Citation of this web page:

Mircea Dunca "Eight-pointed star-shaped tile" in Explore Islamic Art Collections. Museum With No Frontiers, 2024. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;rm;Mus21;5;en

Prepared by: Mircea Dunca

MWNF Working Number: RO1 05

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