Architectural Frieze with an Inscription in Thuluth Script Yale University Art Gallery

n.d.

Asian Art

By appointment, Wurtele Study Center

Medium: Stone
Dimensions: 18 1/2 × 24 3/4 × 2 in. (46.99 × 62.87 × 5.08 cm)
Credit Line: Gift of Fred Olsen
Accession Number: 1954.52.3
Geography: Iran
Culture: Iranian/Persian, Islamic
Classification: Architectural Elements
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Provenance

Fred H. Olsen, American, (1891–1986), Guilford, Conn.; gift in 1954 to Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.

Object copyright

Not Assigned

Additional information

Inscriptions

In Arabic, fragment of a poem ascribed to Ali ibn Abi Talib, son-in-law of the Prophet and the first Imam of Shiite Islam: "[Death leaves no father and] it leaves no son..."

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