A SAMARKAND CUERA SECA STELLAR TILE of twelve-pointed form, the blue ground with a central turquoise and gold flower outlined in red, enclosed within two interlacing six-pointed stars, the white star rising from the points through a small boss to open into arabesques, the turquoise rising through white flowers to pairs of white buds on turquoise and gold flowerhead stems, turquoise outer stripe, circa 1400 (one area of restoration)