Eight-Pointed Star Tile with Simurgh (Phoenix), late 13th century. Ceramic; fritware, painted in luster and blue over an opaque white glaze, 8 x 8in. (20.3 x 20.3cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Ernest Erickson Foundation, Inc., 86.227.72. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 86.227.72.jpg)
Eight-Pointed Star Tile with Simurgh (Phoenix), late 13th century. Ceramic; fritware, painted in luster and blue over an opaque white glaze, 8 x 8in. (20.3 x 20.3cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Ernest Erickson Foundation, Inc., 86.227.72. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 86.227.72_acetate_bw.jpg)
Eight-Pointed Star Tile with Simurgh (Phoenix)
Arts of the Islamic World
On View: Arts of the Islamic World, 2nd floor
MEDIUM
Ceramic; fritware, painted in luster and blue over an opaque white glaze
DATES
late 13th century
DYNASTY
Seljuk
PERIOD
Ilkhanid Period
DIMENSIONS
8 x 8in. (20.3 x 20.3cm)
mount (m2): 8 × 8 × 3/4 in. (20.3 × 20.3 × 1.9 cm) (show scale)
INSCRIPTIONS
تا در نرسد وعدۀ هر کار که هست سودي نکند باري هر یار که [هست]
تقدیر زیر؟ قضاي ناچـار که هست در خواب کند مردن؟ بیدار که هست
The first line is from Abū Sa`īd Abū al-khair and appears in his Divan.
جهان و کــار جهـان سراســـر بادســـت خنک دلي که ز [بند] زمانه آزاد است
ثبات نیست جهان را بناخوشي و خوشي که عهد او بیوفا
The first line of these poem also appears on another object in other museum
The inscription read by Abdullah Ghouchani
COLLECTIONS
Arts of the Islamic World
ACCESSION NUMBER
86.227.72
CREDIT LINE
Gift of the Ernest Erickson Foundation, Inc.
PROVENANCE
Prior to 1963, provenance not yet documented; by 1963, acquired by Ernest Erickson of New York, NY; December 16, 1986, gift of Ernest Erickson Foundation, Inc. to the Brooklyn Museum.
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EXHIBITIONS
MUSEUM LOCATION
This item is on view in Arts of the Islamic World, 2nd floor
CAPTION
Eight-Pointed Star Tile with Simurgh (Phoenix), late 13th century. Ceramic; fritware, painted in luster and blue over an opaque white glaze, 8 x 8in. (20.3 x 20.3cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Ernest Erickson Foundation, Inc., 86.227.72. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 86.227.72.jpg)
IMAGE
overall, 86.227.72.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph
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