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Tiles of Buyan Quli Khan
(بلاطات لبويان قولي خان)

Title	Tiles of Buyan Quli Khan
Title Original	بلاطات لبويان قولي خان
Publication Date:	Eighth century AH / fourteenth century AD
Publication Place	- Museum of Arts and Crafts (MKG)
Subject	Glazed porcelain
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	الطول : 125 سم ، العرض : 59 سم
Library:	Museum With No Frontiers
Library Asset ID	1908.472
Record ID	object;EPM;de;Mus21;43;ar
Library Location	Museum of Arts and Crafts (MKG)
Date	Eighth century AH / fourteenth century AD
Notes	These pieces of slab are the shrine of Boyan Qulikhan in Bukhara. The turquoise glazed slab is decorated with an intricate white vine pattern. The decoration is not drawn but cut in relief in clay using a complex technique. These tiles were part of a decoration group for the tomb of Boyan Gulikhan (1155/62/67 - 1227), who ruled the Chagatai Khanate Empire and whose tomb is located in Bukhara, today's Pakistan. The interior was covered with tiles. And abroad. The current piece was initially installed on the external facade. The Victoria and Albert Museum owns many tiles from the shrine.
Sample Text	“Tiles by Buyan Quli Khan” within Explore Islamic Art Collections. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;de;Mus21;43;ar

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Tiles of Buyan Quli Khan

(بلاطات لبويان قولي خان)

Publication Date Eighth century AH / fourteenth century AD

Publication Place - Museum of Arts and Crafts (MKG)

Subject Glazed porcelain

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions الطول : 125 سم ، العرض : 59 سم

Library Museum With No Frontiers

Library Asset ID 1908.472

Record ID object;EPM;de;Mus21;43;ar

Library Location Museum of Arts and Crafts (MKG)

Date Eighth century AH / fourteenth century AD

Notes These pieces of slab are the shrine of Boyan Qulikhan in Bukhara. The turquoise glazed slab is decorated with an intricate white vine pattern. The decoration is not drawn but cut in relief in clay using a complex technique. These tiles were part of a decoration group for the tomb of Boyan Gulikhan (1155/62/67 - 1227), who ruled the Chagatai Khanate Empire and whose tomb is located in Bukhara, today's Pakistan. The interior was covered with tiles. And abroad. The current piece was initially installed on the external facade. The Victoria and Albert Museum owns many tiles from the shrine.

Sample Text “Tiles by Buyan Quli Khan” within Explore Islamic Art Collections. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;de;Mus21;43;ar