""Mihrab"" Plaque
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Curationist Object DescriptionDecorated with various shades of blue, gold, and dark brown, this rectangular lusterware was designed in the shape of a mihrab. A typical example of mihrab plaques made during the 13th century, such ceramics were often enlisted for memorial and commemorative functions. Plaques would be placed in shrines and mausoleums as well as on cenotaphs and tombstones to honor the departed.
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A mihrab is a niche in a mosque or other Muslim religious building that indicates the direction for prayer toward Mecca, recalling the place where the Prophet Muhammad stood to lead the early Muslim community in prayer. Ceramic plaques in the shape of mihrabs are often found in shrines and mausoleums and on tombstones and cenotaphs (funerary monuments), where they may have had a commemorative or memorial function.With its combination of molded and painted decoration, this blue and brown lusterware work is typical of ceramic "mihrab" plaques made in medieval Iran. The large inscription in the outer frame begins with the "bismallah" ("In the name of God, the Merciful, the Compassionate") and continues with a Qur'anic verse that refers directly ...
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