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A fragment of cuerda seca pottery tile, decorated with four identical interlocking decorative inscriptions in square Kufic, لا إله إلا الله , the beginning of the shahada, ‘There is no god but  ...
a fragment of cuerda seca pottery tile, decorated with four identical interlocking decorative inscriptions in square Kufic, لا إله إلا الله , the beginning of the shahada, ‘There is no god but God’, which form a central ornament of four octagonal stars each with six-petal flower inside. Samarkand, Shah-i-Zinda, probably the mausoleum of Shadi Mulk Aqa, late 14th century. L. 42.5 cm; w. 29 cm Published: Arts from the Land of Timur: An Exhibition from a Scottish Private Collection. Paisley: Sogdiana Books, 2012, Cat. no. 472. Related Works: Nemtseva, n. b., and Shvab, Iu. z. Ansambl’ Sakh-i Zinda. Istoriko-arkhitekturnyi ocherk. [Shah-i-Zinda Mausoleum. Historical and Architectural Survey]. Tashkent: Gafur Guliam Press, 1979, fig. 7.
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