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Wall Tile with Lotus Blossom

c. 1300–50
(1256–1353)
fritware with molded and underglaze-painted design
Overall: 20 x 20 cm (7 7/8 x 7 7/8 in.)
Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust 1915.645
Location: not on view
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Some of the design relief has been molded as well as being built up in the white slip.

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One popular method of covering large wall sections with ceramic decoration was to combine star-shaped tiles with cross-shaped tiles.
Wall Tile with Lotus Blossom

Wall Tile with Lotus Blossom

c. 1300–50

Iran, probably Sultanabad, Ilkhanid period (1256–1353)

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