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 viewClassificationsTiles
Collections
Provenance16.320-332 bought of C. Filippo. 1916, gift of Denman Waldo Ross to the MFA (Accession date: Oct. 5, 1916)
October–December 1262
October–December 1262
1210–11
1262 A.D./ 660 A.H.
about 1250
1261–63 A.D./ 659–661 A.H.
early 13th century
early 14th century, probably 1310
late 12th century
13th century
late 12th–early 13th century
late 12th–early 13th century