CERAMIC MIHRABS IN RELIGIOUS BUILDINGS IN BUKHARA DURING 16 TH C

Shebl Ebaid, Noha Ghaly
Mediterranean Archaeology and Archaeometry   unpublished
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,
more » ... le 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 Samar-kand and Iran.
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