Tile Panel in the form of an Architectural Niche, Hasan ibn `Ali ibn Ahmad Babavaih, first half 14th century

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Tile Panel in the form of an Architectural Niche, first half 14th century, Made in Iran, Kashan, Stonepaste; inglaze painted in blue, luster-painted on opaque white glaze, modeled, H. 48 1/2 in. ( cm), Ceramics, Hasan ibn `Ali ibn Ahmad Babavaih, Scholars have proposed that this large three-piece mihrab-shaped panel once adorned the tomb of the Sufi shaikh 'Abd al-Samad in Natanz. In addition to its selection of Qur'anic verses, the panel includes an inscription describing itself as the work of Hasan ibn 'Ali ibn Ahmad Babavaih, a known fourteenth-century tilemaker from Kashan

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Size: 3005px × 5956px
Photo credit: © Artokoloro / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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