Luster Wall Tile with a Couple
1266
- Medium
- fritware with luster-painted design
- Dimensions
- Overall: 19.5 x 16 cm (7 11/16 x 6 5/16 in.)
- Genre
- Ceramics
- Museum
- Cleveland Museum of Art
Tags
Iran, Kashan, Ilkhanid period (1256-1353)
About
The design of this tile-a couple with a wine beaker surrounded by verses of Iranian love poetry-indicates that it was originally part of wall decoration and would have alternated with cross-shaped tiles.