Star tile with two figures drinking

Details

• Title

  Star tile with two figures drinking

• Associated place

  Asia › Iran (place of creation)

• Date

  late 13th century

• Material and technique

  fritware, covered in opaque white glaze, with painting in blue under a transparent glaze, and overglaze painting in lustre

• Material index

  processed material › ceramic › glazed composition › stonepaste › fritware

• Technique index

  glazed;

  covered › coated › painted

• Object type

  architecture › tile

• Dimensions

  20 x 18.5 x 1.3 cm max. (height x width x depth)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Gift of Gerald Reitlinger, 1978.

• Museum location

  not on display

• Museum department

  Eastern Art

• Accession no.

  EA1978.1560

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