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Cross-shaped tile from the shrine of Imamzada Yahyah

October–December 1262
Object PlaceKashan, Iran
Medium/TechniqueComposite body (quartz, clay and glass frit), glazed in opaque white and overglaze painted in lustre
Credit LineDenman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession number16.320
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsTiles
Collections
InscriptionsQuranic inscriptions around border.
Provenance16.320-332 bought of C. Filippo. 1916, gift of Denman Waldo Ross to the MFA (Accession date: Oct. 5, 1916)
Cross-shaped tile
1262 A.D./ 660 A.H.
Star tile
about 1250
second half of the 16th century
Dish
late 12th century
13th century
Group shot: 06.1896 and 31.729
early 14th century, probably 1310
Bowl
late 12th–early 13th century