Bukhara, Central Asia

This panel could be repeated in more than one way and hence is shown as in the original.

• The symmetry group of the tiling is not symmetric and hence is not a repeat pattern.
• All the internal angles of the constituent polygons are a multiple of 36°.
• Contains 12 regular pentagons.
• There are five non-regular reflective tiles (including one kite).
• The tiling satisfies the interlace condition and has two finite interlaces and one infinite interlace with straight cross-overs.
• The tiling is edge-to-edge.
• As drawn, contains about 205 polygons.

1. Photo by David Wade: VA 072 (Bukhara, Central Asia) of David Wade. Website: patterninislamicart.com, UK, 2015. [wadei] {Website}(1359AD, 760AH)
2. 2054-1899 (Bukhara, Central Asia. Tile panel) of V&A collections website. Website: collections.vam.ac.uk, UK, 2015. [vami] {Website}

• Wade photo VA 072
• V&A record Tile panel

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