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Tile with star medallions with lovers

Date1263

Maker Persian , Damghan (modern Iran), Ilkhanid period (1256-1353)

Object number47.8

Provenance[Hagop Krevorkian]; partially gifted by Hagop Krevorkian and partially purchased by Richard Fuller for the Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington, 1947

Exhibition HistorySeattle, Seattle Art Museum, Art of Early Irak and Iran, December 4, 1946 - January 5, 1947. Rome, Palazzo Brancaccio, Mostra d'arte iranica, June - August 1956; pp. 253, 376, pl. LVII. Paris, Petit Palais, 7000 Years of Art in Iran, October 1961 - January 1962 (Essen, Villa Hugel, February 16 - April 24, 1962; The Hague, Gemeentemuseum Den Haag; Zurich, Kunsthaus Zurich). Provo, Brigham Young University, Beauty and Belief: Crossing Bridges with the Arts of Islam, February 24, 2012 - November, 2013.Published ReferencesNakai, Ghods. Sept Mille Ans d'Art en Iran. Paris: Petit Palais, 1961; p. 180, no. 994. Rogers, Millard B. "Engagement Book: Iranian Art in the Seattle Art Museum," Seattle, WA: Seattle Art Museum, 1972, fig. 34.

Credit LineEugene Fuller Memorial Collection and Hagop Kevorkian

Dimensions19 x 18 3/4 in. (48.2 x 47.63 cm) Overall h.: 24 1/4 in. Overall w.: 23 in.

MediumLuster-painted fritware