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Set of ten frieze tiles
(مجموعة من عشرة بلاطات إفريز)

Title	Set of ten frieze tiles
Title Original	مجموعة من عشرة بلاطات إفريز
Publication Date:	Approximately 709 AH / 1310 AD
Publication Place	- Shangri-La, Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art
Subject	Pottery paste, painted over the glass with a shiny paint, painted under the glass with a shiny paint
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	كل بلاطة : 39.7 × 41.3 سم
Library:	Museum With No Frontiers
Library Asset ID	48.347
Record ID	object;EPM;us;Mus22;28;ar
Library Location	Shangri-La, Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art
Date	Approximately 709 AH / 1310 AD
Notes	Ten tiles form a frieza signed by Yusuf Ibn Ali Ibn Muhammad Ibn Ali Tahir who was the son of the potter who made the Mihrab-e-Firamin in DDFIA (48.327). The Abu Tahir family of Kashan, Iran is famous for producing exquisite tile work and ceramic vessels during the 12th and 13th centuries. The inscription on this frieze is from the well-known verse of the Throne in the Qur’an (2: 255), and the last slab (lower left) is signed by Joseph and was purchased in New York City in 1940.
Sample Text	"Set of Ten Frieze Tiles" in Discover Islamic Art Collections. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;us;Mus22;28;ar

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Set of ten frieze tiles

(مجموعة من عشرة بلاطات إفريز)

Publication Date Approximately 709 AH / 1310 AD

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

Subject Pottery paste, painted over the glass with a shiny paint, painted under the glass with a shiny paint

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions كل بلاطة : 39.7 × 41.3 سم

Library Museum With No Frontiers

Library Asset ID 48.347

Record ID object;EPM;us;Mus22;28;ar

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

Date Approximately 709 AH / 1310 AD

Notes Ten tiles form a frieza signed by Yusuf Ibn Ali Ibn Muhammad Ibn Ali Tahir who was the son of the potter who made the Mihrab-e-Firamin in DDFIA (48.327). The Abu Tahir family of Kashan, Iran is famous for producing exquisite tile work and ceramic vessels during the 12th and 13th centuries. The inscription on this frieze is from the well-known verse of the Throne in the Qur’an (2: 255), and the last slab (lower left) is signed by Joseph and was purchased in New York City in 1940.

Sample Text "Set of Ten Frieze Tiles" in Discover Islamic Art Collections. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;us;Mus22;28;ar