Kashan kilns
Star Tile with Flowers and Inscription
1237
Physical Qualities
Fritware with blue, black and gold luster decoration over white glaze, 8 1/2 in. Diam. (21.6 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of Richard and Elizabeth S. Ettinghausen in Memory of Adelyn D. Breeskin
Object Number
2013.214
Kilns at Kashan continued to produce high quality luster-decorated tiles until the
mid-14th century.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 2013 (on extended loan from 1957); Elizabeth Ettinghausen, Princeton, NJ; Richard S. Ettinghausen
"Persian Exhibition," New York, 1940, ER/1
Frances Klapthor, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Art Across Asia: West Asian Connections," July 19, 2017-October 19, 2019
Frances Klapthor, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Art Across Asia: West Asian Connections," July 19, 2017-October 19, 2019
Inscribed: Dated Rajab 738
On View at the BMA
