🔻 Imagine a three-meter length and two-meter width for this mihrab (envision its grandeur).
✍ The mihrab you see in the picture is from the Imamia School of Isfahan, built during the Ilkhanate period (700 years ago). This mihrab is adorned with shades of turquoise blue, milky white, dark green, and yellow, displaying fascinating geometric patterns.
Now, here's the intriguing part: in the early 1300s, this mihrab was dismantled from the Imamia School and sent to Philadelphia, USA, by ship. For a while, it was housed in the museum of the University of Philadelphia and later in the Persian section of the Burlington House in London, until the Metropolitan Museum acquired it in 1939.
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✍ The mihrab you see in the picture is from the Imamia School of Isfahan, built during the Ilkhanate period (700 years ago). This mihrab is adorned with shades of turquoise blue, milky white, dark green, and yellow, displaying fascinating geometric patterns.
Now, here's the intriguing part: in the early 1300s, this mihrab was dismantled from the Imamia School and sent to Philadelphia, USA, by ship. For a while, it was housed in the museum of the University of Philadelphia and later in the Persian section of the Burlington House in London, until the Metropolitan Museum acquired it in 1939.
🌐 Explore more at @rahyafte_en #IslamicArt #CulturalHeritage #HistoryUnveiled #ImamiaSchool #MihrabJourney 🕌✨