Title

Glazed brick tiling in Shah-i-Zinda Complex, Samarkand, 14th-15th century. Artists: CM Dixon, Unknown.

Caption

Glazed brick tiling in Shah-i-Zinda Complex, Samarkand, 14th-15th century. This was the burial place of most of the Timurid princes. An older shrine on the site is said to be the burial place of the Prophet's cousin Kusam ibn Abbas who brought Islam to the region in 676.

Date

1300

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/CM Dixon

Reference

HRM19B84_379

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

53,7Mb (2,6Mb) / 11,8in x 17,7in / 3547 x 5296 (300dpi)

Keywords

blue close up Asian Asia architecture yellow country shape pattern day white continent color colour decorative death Arabic tomb mausoleum mosaic brick location century burial facade concept close-up building exterior glazed tiling Star-Shaped decorative arts Patterned Arabia Uzbekistan arabesque 20th century façade Samarkand 15th century CM Dixon fifteenth century necropolis TGN Timurid photograph object white colour Unknown CM Dixon Dixon CM Mike Dixon Shah-i-Zinda Shah-Zindeh photograph object