Title

Mihrab (Prayer Niche), Iran, dated A.H. 755/ A.D. 1354-55. Mosaic tilework with Arabic Inscription in thuluth script from the Qur'an 9:1-22

Caption

Mihrab (Prayer Niche), Iran, dated A.H. 755/ A.D. 1354-55. Creator: Unknown.

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Reference

HRM21A24_290

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

47,5Mb (6,5Mb) / 11,2in x 16,5in / 3347 x 4960 (300dpi)

Keywords

blue close up religious architecture mosque country religion writing pattern museum color design decoration decorative Arabic Islam Islamic mosaic inscription ceramic tile tiles location ceramics century Iran Iranian pottery artefact script close-up artifact Koran calligraphy TILED niche decorative arts Colour Patterned Arabia The Met Metropolitan Museum of Art The Metropolitan Museum of Art Persian Persia 14th century Fourteenth Century Isfahan Quran inscribed Qur'an TGN object Unknown ceramic Qoran MIHRAB Heritage Art thuluth Ceramics Mosaic of polychrome-glazed cut tiles on stonepaste body set into mortar