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Ceiling Fragment

NEP15

From: Persia

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

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Object Number NEP15
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Persian
Provenience Persia
Locus Chahal Situm Pavilion
Period Shah Abbas Period
Date Made 1500-1599
Section Near Eastern
Materials Stucco
Iconography Crane | Cloud
Description

Ceiling fragment, design of cranes and clouds. Said to have come from Pavilion of Chahal Situm, which was constructed by Shah Abbas.

"Probably from above a window. Said to have come from the Pavilion of Chehel Sutun."

Credit Line Purchased from H. Kevorkian, 1926

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