Shamsa from Shiraz, 1444
شمسة شيراز (1444)
Shamsa (recto) from right folio from a double-page frontispiece of a Shahnama (Book of Kin; Cleveland Museum of Art, accession 1945.169.a.
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A gilded medallion from the opening page of a manuscript; about 1444, Timurid Shiraz. In the Cleveland Museum of Art. 1
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Arabesque· Girih· Hedwig glass· Islamic calligraphy· Islamic geometric patterns· Islamic lustreware· Kubachi ware· Mahmal
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