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Mina’i is a modern collectors’ term for ceramics made in Iran during the late 12th to early 13th centuries. The term mina’i, translates as “enamelled” in Persian, designating the colored glass pigments used to paint detailed figural decoration on vessels or tiles, which were then fixed on the ceramic base by multiple firings. The use of a wide range of colors, including turquoise, red, green, purple, and black, also led these types of ceramics to be called by the Persian term “haft rang,” or “seven colors.”This star-shaped tile depicts two seated figures against a stylized floral and vine background. When the supply of these wares was exceeded by the demand of 19th- and early 20th-century collectors, forgeries, like this one, were produced. Forgeries can be made of entirely new materials or can be created out of fragments from multiple authentic but broken objects. This tile is a pastiche of historic fragments, modern ceramic restorations, and plaster fills.
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