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15 juillet 2016

Star-shaped tile, Iran (probably Kashan), ca.1325

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Star-shaped tile, fritware, painted in blue and metallic lustre with afronted birds and inscriptions, Iran (probably Kashan), ca.1325. Width: 20.95 cm; 112-1895 © Victoria and Albert Museum, London 2016.

Tile, fritware, of eight-point star shape, the border painted in cobalt blue with Naskh inscription with lustre, enclosing a design of afronted birds on a flowering branch scrolled lustre ground within an octagon. 

Poem by Hafiz: 

ای رای تو صحرای امل پیمودن/ تا چند بر آفتاب گل اندودن / 
گر در دهن شیر شوی بهر طمع 
اخر نه شکار گور خواهی بودن

A similar tile in the British Museum (OA G.1907.6-10.2) is dated AH.729/AD.1328

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