File:A rare Safavid pottery tombstone tile, Safavid Iran, dated 1646-47.jpg

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English: A RARE SAFAVID POTTERY TOMBSTONE TILE

SAFAVID IRAN, DATED AH 1056/1646-47 AD

Of rectangular form with triangular top, inscribed with four lines of black nasta'liq script, each within a black cartouche on white ground, the tympanun decorated with a painted pottery candlestick, topped with a face, cypresses to the sides between floral garlands 14 x 10in. (35.5 x 25.5cm.)

The inscriptions comprise a couplet from the Bustan of Sa'di, a couplet from Asrarnama of 'Attar followed by death of the Sayyada Salih Begum Aqanah, daughter of Ghulam 'Ali 'Arabi at the dawn of the blessed month of shab'an [1] 056/August 1646 AD.
Date between 1646 and 1647
date QS:P,+1646-00-00T00:00:00Z/8,P1319,+1646-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1647-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
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