Star-shaped tile with quadruped decoration, Ilkhanid Iran, early 14th century A star-shaped ceramic tile with a metallic lustre decoration enhanced with cobalt, featuring in the center a lustrous star furnished with a speckled quadruped in foliage and inscribed in a circle surrounded by blue geometric motifs. D. max. 16,2 cm Restorations. Provenance: Collection of M. l'Ambassadeur T. The same organization of the decoration and the motif of the speckled quadruped are found on a tile in the collections of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London (1493F-1876). An Ilkhanid lustred star tile with a quadruped, Iran, early 14th century