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Star-shaped tile decorated in lustre with a man driving a bulldozer; white border with Persian inscription painted in lustre, copied from an original Ilkhanid tile in the Louvre. One of a panel of five lustre tiles, four star-shaped tiles surrounding one cross-shaped tile, made by Abbas Akbari, Tehran, 2019


Object details

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Materials and techniques
Brief description
Star-shaped tile decorated in lustre with a man driving a bulldozer; white border with Persian inscription painted in lustre, copied from an original Ilkhanid tile in the Louvre. One of a panel of five lustre tiles, four star-shaped tiles surrounding one cross-shaped tile, made by Abbas Akbari, Tehran, 2019
Dimensions
  • Width: 31cm (Note: Each tile (both stars and crosses) measures 31 cm across at its widest point. As a whole the panel will thus measure 62 cm across at its widest point. )
Collection
Accession number
ME.43-2020

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Record createdJuly 1, 2019
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