Admire the beautiful and imperial Safavid color palette as seen on these splendid mosaics found on the outer walls of Madrasseh Chahar Bagh in Isfahan. The mosaics here date from the construction of the Madrasseh in the year 1115 Hijri Qamari (1704 AD). The madrasseh was commissioned by Shah Hossein I, and is considered the final monumental Safavid architectural project.
The poem above the arch relates to Imam Ali, and contains the following two verses:
دریای سپهر که آفتاب است کفَش
نبود چو علي گوهری اندر صدفش
The sky’s sea which ends at the sun
has no clam with a pearl like Ali, not one!