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
Dimensions3.1 x 3.2 cm (1 1/4 x 1 1/4 in.)
Credit LineDenman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession number16.331
On View
Not on viewClassificationsTiles
Collections
Provenance16.320-332 bought of C. Filippo. Gift of Denman Waldo Ross, Oct. 5, 1915.
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