A COBALT BLUE AND COPPER LUSTRE-PAINTED POTTERY STAR TILE
Kashan, Pre-Mongol Iran, early 13th century

Of octagonal shape, painted in cobalt blue and copper lustre on an opaque white glaze, the decoration comprising a central blue-highlighted eight-pointed star medallion containing a stylised floral bouquet reserved against a lustre ground, the background and the points of the inner star medallion filled with scrollwork and almond-shaped leaves, the outer border with a lustre-painted free-flowing naskh inscription reserved against a white ground, the outer perimeter also highlighted in cobalt blue, with an old auction label at the back Atrium Auction 14571, 20cm at widest points.

Dimensions: 20cm at widest points