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• Ebaid, Shebl
• Ghaly, Noha

This paper deals with the study of two ceramic mihrabs located in the complex of Kilan Mosque, Baland Mosque. Concerning the general form of those Mihrabs; raw material and decorative methods of their covering, rather than the most important artistic characteristics as well as the analyses of their decorative motifs and the most important foreign influences. The obtained results revealed that quartz is the dominant component of the tiles' core; goethite was the yellow pigment materials used, while the tiles are deeply affected by soluble salts and relative humidity. The decorative richness and the decorative style used in the mihrabs are prevailed in Timurid period and were seen also in the contemporary buildings of Samarkand and Iran.

• History and Archaeology
• Arts

• Αρχαιολογία
• Art and religion

ceramic mihrabs, Central Asia, Bukhara, Kilan mosque, Baland mosque, ceramic tiles, tile mosaic, decorative motifs

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