Imamzadeh Yahya
| Imamzadeh Yahya امامزاده یحیی | |
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 Imamzadeh Yahya | |
| Religion | |
| Affiliation | Islam |
| Province | Tehran Province |
| Year consecrated | 1261-1307/659-706 AH[1] |
| Location | |
| Location | Varamin, Tehran, Iran |
  Shown within Iran | |
| Geographic coordinates | 35°18′58″N 51°38′54″E / 35.31614°N 51.648336°ECoordinates: 35°18′58″N 51°38′54″E / 35.31614°N 51.648336°E |
| Architecture | |
| Type | Azeri |
Imamzadeh Yahya (Persian: امامزاده یحیی – Emamzadeh Yahya) is the tomb of an Imamzadeh in Varamin, Iran. "The remaining naked tomb shrine is victim of over one hundred years of looting."[2]
A set of 160 tiles from the tomb is now in the British Museum,[3] another set is in the Victoria and Albert Museum,[4] and tiles from the gravestone are now in the Hermitage Museum in Saint Petersburg.[5]
Gallery[]
Tile works now kept in Walters Museum
Tile works now kept in Walters Museum
Tile works now kept in Victoria and Albert Museum
tiles Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg, 1911.128-132
References[]
- ^ archnet, data
- ^ Imamzada Yahya
- ^ "tile". British Museum. Retrieved 2017-04-07.
- ^ Tile panel, Victoria and Albert Museum
- ^ "Art works". Hermitagemuseum.org. Archived from the original on 2016-11-12. Retrieved 2017-04-07.
Further reading[]
- The Emamzadeh Yahya at Varamin: A Present History of a Living Shrine, 2018–20, by Keelan Overton and Kimia Maleki
External links[]
- Imamzada Yahya, archnet.org
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