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Star Tile with Vegetal Motifs and Inscription
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The tile is from the Imamzada Yahya shrine in Varamin. The inscriptions begin with the Basmala followed by Qurʾan 17:78-81. The date 660 H. (1261-1262) is inscribed on tile 1931.128.
Department of Islamic & Later Indian Art
Denman Waldo Ross Cambridge MA (by 1931) gift; to Fogg Art Museum 1931.
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum Gift of Dr. Denman W. Ross
Title: Star Tile with Vegetal Motifs and Inscription
Description:
The tile is from the Imamzada Yahya shrine in Varamin.
The inscriptions begin with the Basmala followed by Qurʾan 17:78-81.
The date 660 H.
(1261-1262) is inscribed on tile 1931.
128.
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