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Ganj Ali Khan Complex

dc.coverage.spatialSite: Kerman (Iran)en_US
dc.coverage.temporalcreation date: 1598-1615, alteration date: converted to museum, 1971en_US
dc.creatorUnknownen_US
dc.date1598-1615en_US
dc.date.accessioned2011-02-07T22:22:29Z
dc.date.available2011-02-07T22:22:29Z
dc.date.issued1598-1615en_US
dc.identifier151246en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/59475en_US
dc.descriptionBath is located on the square [maidan] of Ganj Ali Khan, reached through the bazaar. Arched entrance has figural tilework in the spandrels. Vaulted bath chambers are elaborately tiled with unique, mostly floral, designs not seen elsewhere in Iran. from "Kirman," : "while on the south there is an elaborate bath complex that incorporates earlier constructions and an octagonal cistern with dome chambers radiating from its sides. " [GDAO]Tilework in bath bears some resemblance to Iznik tiles, a connection which has not been explored yet by scholars. Susan Babaie of Univ. of Michigan is currently working on the Ganj Ali Khan complex. [E. Spettel]en_US
dc.descriptioninterior, animal head statue at corner of bath, hot room, 2001en_US
dc.format.mediumbricken_US
dc.relation.ispartof100490en_US
dc.rights(c) MIT Libraries, Aga Khan Visual Archive, photograph by Khosrow Bozorgien_US
dc.subjectBathhousesen_US
dc.subjectMuseumsen_US
dc.subjectHammamsen_US
dc.subjectArchitecture, Islamic --Iranen_US
dc.subjectIran --Social life and customsen_US
dc.subjectArchitecture, Safaviden_US
dc.subjectDecoration and ornament, Architectural --Iranen_US
dc.subjectTiles, Islamicen_US
dc.titleGanj Ali Khan Bathen_US
dc.titleGanj Ali Khan Complexen_US
dc.title.alternativeHammam of Ganj Ali Khanen_US
dc.typeImageen_US
dc.rights.accessAll rights reserveden_US
dc.identifier.vendorcodeBozorgi Box 198 3-28en_US
vra.culturalContextIranianen_US
vra.culturalContextPersianen_US
vra.culturalContextIslamicen_US
vra.techniqueconstructionen_US
vra.worktypeBathhouse (water recreation structure)en_US
dc.contributor.displayIranian, Persian, Islamicen_US


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