Tile with Niche Design
Object type: Tile
Department: Islamic Art
Artist: Nusrat al-Din  Muhammad
Artist role: Calligrapher
Date: dated A.H. 860/1455–56 CE
Medium: Stonepaste; inglaze painted in blue, luster-painted on opaque white glaze
Dimensions: H. 15 1/2 in. (39.4 cm)
W. 11 1/4 in. (28.6 cm)
D. 1 3/8 in. (3.5 cm)
Classification: Ceramics-Tiles
Geography: Attributed to    Iran  
Credit line: Theodore M. Davis Collection, Bequest of Theodore M. Davis, 1915

Accession year: 1930
Tags: Arabic