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| Keywords: Iranian - Star Tile with Combat Scene - Walters 481288.jpg The Persian verses written around the outer blue band come from the Shahnama Book of Kings the national epic of Iran and specifically from a section of the text that recounts the tragic combat between the great hero Rustam and his son Sohrab It is unlikely however that the two men fighting in the center of this tile are meant to illustrate the Shahnama text 2nd half Other date century 13 Ilkhanid fritware with underglaze-painted and overglaze luster decoration cm 20 5 20 7 1 8 accession number 48 1288 2405 Dikran Kelekian Paris and New York Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1926 Calligraphy in the Arts of the Muslim World Asia House Gallery New York; Cincinnati Art Museum Cincinnati; Seattle Art Museum Seattle; Saint Louis Art Museum St Louis 1979 Highlights from the Collection The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1998-2001 The Legacy of Genghis Khan Courtly Art and Culture in Western Asia 1256-1353 The Metropolitan Museum of Art New York; Los Angeles County Museum of Art Los Angeles 2002-2003 place of origin Iran Walters Art Museum license Islamic art in the Walters Art Museum Art of Iran Sohrab Octagrams | ||||
