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| Keywords: Iranian - Star with Wrestling Motif - Walters 481283.jpg This tile is an example of Sultanabad ware and features two wrestlers Sultanabad ware is a special type of underglazed painted ceramic which became popular in the Ilkhanid period The motif of the two wrestlers may be influenced by the mystic Sufi movement and represents Sufi exercises 2nd half Other date century 13 Ilkhanid fritware with underglaze and luster decoration cm 12 2 12 2 1 accession number 48 1283 4451 Henry Walters Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters place of origin Kashan Iran Walters Art Museum license Islamic art in the Walters Art Museum Sultanabad ware Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Star tiles from Iran | ||||
