Painted tile with Qur’anic inscriptions, likely from a mosque or tomb, one of a pair, late 13th - early 14th century, 8 1/2 x 14 x 1 in. ( x x cm), Earthenware with relief calligraphy and underglaze painted in turquoise and blue with gold luster overglaze, Kashan ware, Iran, Ilkhanid dynasty (1256–1353), The Kashan ceramic workshops in Iran specialized in manufacturing luster-painted architectural tiles well into the fourteenth century. These tiles bear inscriptions from different verses from the Qur'an, which are translated as follows

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