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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

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Object type	Tile
Materials and techniques	Ceramic
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	Middle East Section
Accession number	ME.43-2020

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Record created	July 1, 2019
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1500931/tile/

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