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Tile panel in the shape of a tomb lid
(لوحة بلاطات بشكل غطاء قبر)

Title	Tile panel in the shape of a tomb lid
Title Original	لوحة بلاطات بشكل غطاء قبر
Publication Date:	The date is Rabi’ al-Thani 713 AH / July 1313 AD
Publication Place	- Shangri-La, Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art
Subject	Pottery paste, painted over the glass with opalescent paint, painted under the glass with cobalt
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	الأبعاد الكلية : 194.3 × 82.6 سم
Library:	Museum With No Frontiers
Library Asset ID	48.348
Record ID	object;EPM;us;Mus22;29;ar
Library Location	Shangri-La, Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art
Date	The date is Rabi’ al-Thani 713 AH / July 1313 AD
Notes	This tomb lid is made up of three large bright tiles, all covered with a relief cobalt outline. This tripartite panel is supposed to form the upper surface of a stone sarcophagus marking the burial place of Imam Jafar's daughter. As a descendant of the Imam, her grave is known as Imam Zada (in Persian: born of the Imam). During the Ilkhanid dynasty (1256-1353) in Iran, the Shiites of Imam Zada preserved some of the finest court work ever created.
Sample Text	“Tomb Lid Tile Painting” within Discover Islamic Art Collections. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;us;Mus22;29;ar

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Tile panel in the shape of a tomb lid

(لوحة بلاطات بشكل غطاء قبر)

Publication Date The date is Rabi’ al-Thani 713 AH / July 1313 AD

Publication Place - Shangri-La, Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art

Subject Pottery paste, painted over the glass with opalescent paint, painted under the glass with cobalt

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions الأبعاد الكلية : 194.3 × 82.6 سم

Library Museum With No Frontiers

Library Asset ID 48.348

Record ID object;EPM;us;Mus22;29;ar

Library Location Shangri-La, Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art

Date The date is Rabi’ al-Thani 713 AH / July 1313 AD

Notes This tomb lid is made up of three large bright tiles, all covered with a relief cobalt outline. This tripartite panel is supposed to form the upper surface of a stone sarcophagus marking the burial place of Imam Jafar's daughter. As a descendant of the Imam, her grave is known as Imam Zada (in Persian: born of the Imam). During the Ilkhanid dynasty (1256-1353) in Iran, the Shiites of Imam Zada preserved some of the finest court work ever created.

Sample Text “Tomb Lid Tile Painting” within Discover Islamic Art Collections. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;us;Mus22;29;ar