A PANEL OF SELJUK TURQUOISE AND COBALT BLUE STAR AND CROSS TILES

PERSIA, EARLY 13TH CENTURY

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A PANEL OF SELJUK TURQUOISE AND COBALT BLUE STAR AND CROSS TILES
PERSIA, EARLY 13TH CENTURY
Comprising sixteen cross tiles covered with a plain cobalt-blue glaze arranged with nine star tiles and sixteen part similar tiles covered with an opaque turquoise glaze, slight restorations, mounted on a board
overall 26½ x 26in. (67 x 66cm.)

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The turquoise glaze used on the star tiles is typical of Kashan pottery dating from around 1200 AD.

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