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Source Description
This lusterware cross-shaped tile is decorated with arabesque scrollwork, and bears an inscription in a band around the edge of the cross. This tile and Walters 48.1292 are from the tomb of Imamzada Yayha at Veramin.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
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19445
label
Lusterware Cross-Shaped Tile
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Source metadata
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19445
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object
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normalized
title
Lusterware Cross-Shaped Tile
description
This lusterware cross-shaped tile is decorated with arabesque scrollwork, and bears an inscription in a band around the edge of the cross. This tile and Walters 48.1292 are from the tomb of Imamzada Yayha at Veramin.
provenance
Dikran Kelekian, Paris and New York, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, [date of acquisition unknown], by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
1262 (Medieval)
citationUrl
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CC0
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en
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Ceramics
tiles
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4
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import
dimensions
units
cm
width
31.2
height
31.2
depth
1.5
dimensionsRaw
H: 12 5/16 x W: 12 5/16 x D: 9/16 in. (31.2 x 31.2 x 1.5 cm)
Source extras
cul
Islamic
inscriptions
[Date] A.H. Dhu'l-Hijja 660-Safar 661
med
fritware ceramic with luster decoration
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none
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