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For #MosaicMonday: tiger-lion fusions & mythical huma birds on the spandrels of two 17th c. madrasas in Uzbekistan:

Sher-Dor Madrasa, Registan, Samarkand, 1619-36
Nadir Divan Begui Madrasa, Liab-i-Hawz, Bukhara, 1622-3

#Islamic art #Islamic architecture #Central Asian art #Central Asian architecture #Uzbekistan #mosaic #17th century #hybrid #lion #tiger #bird #huma #mythical creatures #Mosaic Monday #animals in art

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