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Ostad Ahmad

Cenotaph of Taj al-Mulk wal-Din Abul-Qasim

Maker

Ostad Ahmad (Persian, active mid to late 1400s)
Ostad Hassan ibn Hussain (Persian, active mid to late 1400s)

Culture

Iranian

Title

Cenotaph of Taj al-Mulk wal-Din Abul-Qasim

Period

Timurid period

Year

dated February 1473

Medium

  • Carved wood

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

  • Carved wood

Materials

wood

Geography

Place Made: Mazandaran province; Origin: Iran

Dimensions

112.7 x 187.3 x 117.5 cm (44 3/8 x 73 3/4 x 46 1/4 inches)

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Museum Appropriation Fund

Object Number

18.728

Type

  • Material Culture

Publications

  • Books

A Handbook of the Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design

  • Journal

Glimpses of Grandeur: Courtly Arts of the Later Islamic Empires

  • Books

Selected Works

Exhibition History

Glimpses of Grandeur
Courtly Arts of the Later Islamic Empires
Sep 24, 1999 – Dec 26, 1999

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Ostad Ahmad (Persian, active mid to late 1400s)
Ostad Hassan ibn Hussain (Persian, active mid to late 1400s)
Cenotaph of Taj al-Mulk wal-Din Abul-Qasim, dated February 1473
Carved wood
112.7 x 187.3 x 117.5 cm (44 3/8 x 73 3/4 x 46 1/4 inches)
Museum Appropriation Fund 18.728

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