Inv. no. LNS 35 W
Mitred, mortised, tenoned, carved and painted (very possibly in imitation of jade)
Height 26 cm; width 43.5 cm
East Iranian world, probably Transoxiana, soon after mid-Rajab 745 AH/later November 1344 AD
LNS 35 W
Featuring thuluth and naskhi inscriptions providing an extraordinary wealth of information, in addition to two passages from the Qur’an: the name and titles of the man (‘Izz ad-Din Malik son of Nasir-Allah Muhammad) who endowed it for the tomb of the deceased, Fakhr ad-Din Chupan, and the date of his death; the signature of the artist, al-Hasan, son of Qutlu Beg, and his patronymics, showing that he was the grandson of the deceased