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A star tile with an image of a seated person
(بلاطة نجمية عليها صورة شخص جالس)

Title	A star tile with an image of a seated person
Title Original	بلاطة نجمية عليها صورة شخص جالس
Publication Date:	Late seventh century AH / late thirteenth century AD
Publication Place	- Shangri-La, Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art
Subject	Pottery paste, coated over glass with a lustrous glaze
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	القطر 20.6 سم
Library:	Museum With No Frontiers
Library Asset ID	48.386
Record ID	object;EPM;us;Mus22;31;ar
Library Location	Shangri-La, Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art
Date	Late seventh century AH / late thirteenth century AD
Notes	In Iran, during the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries, star-shaped lustre-painted tiles were made in large numbers for the walls of religious and secular buildings, and pictures with or without figures were painted in the center, while verses from the Qur'an or selections from Persian poetry were written around the edges. The halo surrounding the head of the sitting person indicates that he is an important figure such as the ruling class.
Sample Text	“Star tile with the image of a seated person” within Explore Islamic Art Collections. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;us;Mus22;31;ar

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A star tile with an image of a seated person

(بلاطة نجمية عليها صورة شخص جالس)

Publication Date Late seventh century AH / late thirteenth century AD

Publication Place - Shangri-La, Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art

Subject Pottery paste, coated over glass with a lustrous glaze

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions القطر 20.6 سم

Library Museum With No Frontiers

Library Asset ID 48.386

Record ID object;EPM;us;Mus22;31;ar

Library Location Shangri-La, Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art

Date Late seventh century AH / late thirteenth century AD

Notes In Iran, during the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries, star-shaped lustre-painted tiles were made in large numbers for the walls of religious and secular buildings, and pictures with or without figures were painted in the center, while verses from the Qur'an or selections from Persian poetry were written around the edges. The halo surrounding the head of the sitting person indicates that he is an important figure such as the ruling class.

Sample Text “Star tile with the image of a seated person” within Explore Islamic Art Collections. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;us;Mus22;31;ar