Fritware star-shaped tile with seated figure

An image of Star-shaped tile. Islamic pottery. Lustre ware. Decorated surface: painted in reserve against a lustred background a seated figure wearing a gown, decorated with groups of three dots, and a headdress is depicted holding a vessel in his right hand. Coiling vines and leaves decorate the background. The edge of the tile is highlighted by a white contour line, an area left undecorated in lustre, which echoes the star shape of the tile. Glaze and lustre runs over the tile edges. Reverse surface: Two deep gouges in the surface probably created during the manufacturing process. Pinkish fritware, mould made, covered with a white crazed glaze painted in brown lustre. Height, whole, 1.2 cm, length, whole, 13.5 cm, width, whole, 12.9 cm, weight, whole, 213 g, circa 1175-1225. Seljuk period. Monumental style.

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Star-shaped tile. Islamic pottery. Lustre ware. Decorated surface: painted in reserve against a lustred background a seated figure wearing a gown, decorated with groups of three dots, and a headdress is depicted holding a vessel in his right hand. Coiling vines and leaves decorate the background. The edge of the tile is highlighted by a white contour line, an area left undecorated in lustre, which echoes the star shape of the tile. Glaze and lustre runs over the tile edges. Reverse surface: Two deep gouges in the surface probably created during the manufacturing process. Pinkish fritware, mould made, covered with a white crazed glaze painted in brown lustre. Height, whole, 1.2 cm, length, whole, 13.5 cm, width, whole, 12.9 cm, weight, whole, 213 g, circa 1175-1225. Seljuk period. Monumental style.

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Accession Number: C.443-1991
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/11.0
Focal length: 120
Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
Photographer name: Jaymes Sinclair
Image height: 1024 pixels
Image width: 908 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
Filesize: 299.83kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 11/1

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