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Mihrab Tile (Iran)
This is a Mihrab Tile. It is dated 13th century and we acquired it in 1958. Its medium is glazed, modeled and lustered stonepaste with underglaze and underpaint decoration. It is a part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts department.
This tile was originally positioned in the mihrab, the prayer niche of a mosque, which points in the direction of the Kaaba in Mecca. This tile shows a fragment verse from the Quran and reads “youths never altering in age.”
This object was
donated by
Ephron Gallery.
It is credited Gift of Ephron Gallery.
- Fragment (Spain)
- silk, gilded vellum on silk core.
- Gift of John Pierpont Morgan.
- 1902-1-978
- Tile
- earthenware.
- Gift of Dr. Walter Leo Hildburgh.
- 1938-3-13
- Tile
- earthenware.
- Gift of Harvey Smith.
- 1968-130-7
Its dimensions are
H x W x D: 19.1 × 37.1 × 4.4 cm (7 1/2 × 14 5/8 × 1 3/4 in.)
Cite this object as
Mihrab Tile (Iran); glazed, modeled and lustered stonepaste with underglaze and underpaint decoration; H x W x D: 19.1 × 37.1 × 4.4 cm (7 1/2 × 14 5/8 × 1 3/4 in.); Gift of Ephron Gallery; 1958-72-1
This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Iridescence.
