Tile Panel in the form of an Architectural Niche, first half 14th century, Made in Iran, Kashan, Stonepaste; inglaze painted in blue, luster-painted on opaque white glaze, modeled, H. 48 1/2 in. (123.2 cm), Ceramics, Hasan ibn `Ali ibn Ahmad Babavaih, Scholars have proposed that this large three-piece mihrab-shaped panel once adorned the tomb of the Sufi shaikh 'Abd al-Samad in Natanz. In addition to its selection of Qur'anic verses, the panel includes an inscription describing itself as the work of Hasan ibn 'Ali ibn Ahmad Babavaih, a known fourteenth-century tilemaker from Kashan
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Tile Panel, form, Architectural Niche, first half 14th century, Iran, Kashan, Stonepaste, inglaze painted, blue, luster-painted, opaque white glaze, modeled, H, 48 1/2, 123.2 cm, Ceramics, Hasan ibn `Ali Ahmad Babavaih, Scholars, proposed, large three-piece mihrab-shaped, panel, adorned, tomb, Sufi shaikh, Abd, al-Samad, Natanz, addition, selection, Qur'anic verses, panel includes, inscription describing, itself, work, ibn, Ali, Ahmad, Babavaih, fourteenth-century tilemaker
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