Tile

Object Details

• Description

  Half of a star tile with lustre decoration, cobalt and turquoise. \Palmettes and inscribed border. Dated 627 H. Persian, Kashan.

• Provenance

  To 1984

  Ernst Herzfeld (1897-1948), Princeton, NJ

  From 1984

  National Museum of Asian Art, gift of Ernst Herzfeld in 1984 [1]

  Notes:

  [1] The object is part of the museum's Freer Study Collection.

• Collection

  Freer Study Collection

• Previous custodian or owner

  Ernst Herzfeld (1879-1948)

• Origin

  Iran

• Credit Line

  Gift of Ernst Herzfeld

• Type

  Architectural Element

• Restrictions and Rights

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  600s

• Name

  Herzfeld, Ernst

• Topic

  Art, Arts of the Islamic World, Ceramics

• Culture

  Muslims, Iranians

• Object Type

  Architectural elements