Tile with Niche Design and Inscription
Object type: Tile with niche design
Department: Islamic Art
Date: early 14th century
Medium: Stonepaste; inglaze painted in blue, luster-painted on opaque white glaze, modeled decoration
Dimensions: H. 19 3/4 in. (50.4 cm)
W. 18 3/4 in. (47.6 cm)
D. 3 in. (7.6 cm)
without mount:
H. 19 in. (48.3 cm)
W. 18 in. (45.7 cm)
Wt. 61 lbs  (27.7 kg)
Classification: Ceramics-Tiles
Geography: Made in Kashan   Iran  
Credit line: H.O. Havemeyer Collection, Gift of Horace Havemeyer, 1940
Accession year: 1940