LNS 290 C

Composite-bodied ceramic tile from the Mausoleum of Khwaja Rabi‘ at Mashhad (north-eastern Iran), the field with a centralized half-palmette arabesque which seamlessly weds the hexagonal center with the octagonal outer perimeter; inscribed inside the central polygon, ‘O Protector’ (an invocation to God)

Inv. no. LNS 290 C
Moulded, underglaze engobe, stain-painted, transparent colourless glaze
Height 20.5 cm; width 20.5 cm
Eastern Iran, Mashhad, ca. 1620 AD
ca. 1029 – 1030 AH

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