MAKE A MEME View Large Image Plaque (Iran).jpg Plaque This piece belongs to a group of eight plaques each inscribed with a verse from the same shi'ite poem It is possible that these plaques were set in the wooden doorway to a royal tomb The striking cartouche shape is ...
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Keywords: Plaque (Iran).jpg Plaque This piece belongs to a group of eight plaques each inscribed with a verse from the same shi'ite poem It is possible that these plaques were set in the wooden doorway to a royal tomb The striking cartouche shape is created by lobed arches formed at the horizontal ends of the rectangular panel with smaller arches projecting from each straight border The pious verse inscribed in thuluth script is set against an openwork ground of spiraling arabesque scrolls Cut-steel panels were a specialty in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries in Iran though few survive in such good condition Cut and pierced steel; L 15 in 38 1 cm Attributed to Iran http //www metmuseum org/toah/ho/09/wai/ho_1987 14 htm Late 17th century; Safavid period 1501 “1722 in Safavid period 1501 “1722 PD-Art Safavid metalwork Thuluth style Islamic art in Iran Islamic art in the Metropolitan Museum of Art
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