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Star-shaped tile

Glazed ceramics (Seldjuken) with painted decor on a glaze of the type "lajvardina" from Kashan or from the the region of Sultanabad. Large eight-pointed star-shaped tile. Silicon paste. Decoration in black and red painted on an opaque, alkaline and turquoise glaze. Central figure of a prince on a horse surrounded by seven shining figures on a floral background. Inscription surrounded by a red stripe on the rim. This is a different type of lajvardina due to the lack of white and gold.

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Royal Museums of Art and History, Brussels

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Title: Star-shaped tile

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Glazed ceramics (Seldjuken) with painted decor on a glaze of the type "lajvardina" from Kashan or from the the region of Sultanabad.

Large eight-pointed star-shaped tile.

Silicon paste.

Decoration in black and red painted on an opaque, alkaline and turquoise glaze.

Central figure of a prince on a horse surrounded by seven shining figures on a floral background.

Inscription surrounded by a red stripe on the rim.

This is a different type of lajvardina due to the lack of white and gold.

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