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Cross-shaped tile from the shrine of Imamzada Yahyah
Persian
Ilkhanid
October–December 1262
Object Place: Kashan, Iran
Medium/Technique
Composite body (quartz, clay and glass frit), glazed in opaque white and overglaze painted in lustre
Dimensions
3.2 x 3.1 cm (1 1/4 x 1 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession Number16.324
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Islamic Art
ClassificationsTiles
InscriptionsQuranic inscriptions around border.
Provenance16.320-332 bought of C. Filippo. Gift of Denman Waldo Ross, Oct. 5, 1916.