Inv. no. LNS 515 C
Moulded, metallic lustre-painted on an opaque white glaze
Height 39.8 cm; width 26.2 cm
Iranian world, dated 881 AH/1476-77 AD
LNS 515 C
Composite-bodied lustre-painted ceramic ‘tombstone’ with inscriptions in naskhi and nasta‘liq scripts, including a passage from the Qur’an (chapter 55, verses 26 and 27), an invocation of blessing on the twelve Shi‘a imams, and Persian verses giving the name and date of death of the deceased, Zayn al-‘Abidin ibn Sayyid Mir ‘Ali, and the signature of the maker, Sayyid Muhammad ibn Muzaffar