Muqarnas on Column

Abstract

Intricately adorned marble vase with a muqarnas top, lying at the base of the arch of the portal entrance (see bottom left corner of B.52). -MA

Image Notes

Photograph created 1967. Photograph processed September 1967. Formerly cataloged as B.02.053. Notes written on the slide or index: Masjid-i-Shah.

Identifier B.053
Collection B: Mosques of Isfahan
Location Isfahan, Iran
Year 1967
Batch Stamp SEP 67F10
Keywords Marble,
Carving,
Muqarnas,
Seventeenth Century,
Safavid,
Written Date 1967
Printed Date September, 1967
Index Notes Masjid-i-Shah
General Location Shah Mosque of Isfahan
Camera Location Muqarnas Column at Entrance to Shah Mosque
Precision Estimated
Angle 200 degrees S
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