A LARGE TIMURID CUERDA-SECA STAR TILE, PERSIA, 15TH CENTURY A LARGE TIMURID CUERDA-SECA STAR TILE, PERSIA, 15TH CENTURY

A LARGE TIMURID CUERDA-SECA STAR TILE, PERSIA, 15TH CENTURY

Reference: ART3003389

Octagonal star with a turquoise border and decorated in 'cuerda seca' with a rosette in ochre, green, brown, white and turquoise, surrounded by blue.
30 cm.

CATALOGUE NOTE
Related examples, each of stellar form with blue, turquoise, white, manganese and traces of gilding with a design combining stellar and naturalistic forms are in a number of Museum collections including the David Collection, Copenhagen, inv. no. 27/1967, The Victoria and Albert Museum, London, inv. no. C.747-1909, the British Museum, London, inv. no. G.486, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, inv. no. 17.143.1.