Aq-Saray Palace

Name of structure: Aq-Saray Palace
Extended name of structure:
Type of structure: 65m tall gate towers
Country or main area: Uzbekistan
Region within country or main area:
City or area within region: Shahrisabz
Date of structure: Part of Tamerlane's palace started 1380
Century of structure 1: 14 AD
Century of structure 2:
Specific place of mosaic:

Walls of towers
Brief descriptive contents of mosaic: Blue, white and gold
Date of mosaic: ca. 1380
Century of mosaic 1: 14 AD
Century of mosaic 2:
Silver tessera at site:
Gold tessera at site: Yes
Colour tessera at site: Yes
Were other materials found at site (i.e., glass cakes)?
Has analysis been done?
Samples taken from where?
Excavation and restoration campaigns:
Bibliography of mainly technical resources:

Hill, Derek and Oleg Grabar, Islamic Architecture and its Decoration: AD 800-1500 (London: Faber and Faber, 1967), plate B
URLs: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Aq-Saray_Shahrisabz_2.JPG
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