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Image Not Available for Cross-shaped tile from the shrine of Imamzada Yahyah
Cross-shaped tile from the shrine of Imamzada Yahyah
Image Not Available for Cross-shaped tile from the shrine of Imamzada Yahyah

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
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ClassificationsTiles
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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)