Cleveland Museum of Art

Prayer Niche (Mihrab)

Unknown artist

c. 1500s or mid-1900s

Type: Ceramic
Medium: ceramic mosaic
Dimensions: Mihrab: 290.7 x 245.3 cm (114 7/16 x 96 9/16 in.); Frieze: 69.2 x 1563.5 cm (27 1/4 x 615 9/16 in.)
Culture: Iran, Isfahan, in the style of the Safavid period (1501–1722)
Credit: Gift of Katharine Holden Thayer

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