The article discusses the elements of the architectural decor from the XIV–XV century mausoleums of the Sighnaq necropolis, located in the Kyzylorda region of the Republic of Kazakhstan. The collection includes undecorated polished siding bricks, alabaster tiles, carved and stamped terracotta, semi-glazed terracotta, clay-based majolica, tiles of different sizes with polychrome glaze and underglaze painting, as well as glazed faience mosaics. The authors considered all types of ornaments and analyzed all samples of the architectural decor of the three Sighnaq mausoleums. The technique of creating architectural decor elements, characteristic style and a high level of craftsmanship in the details are considered. The decorative motifs of the unglazed mausoleum decor are represented by carved and stamped terracotta with geometric and floral ornaments. Glazed siding tiles with carved or relief ornamentation on the face – floral, geometric, and epigraphic – are covered with opaque pale blue glaze.The article deals with only a small part of the materials taken from the religious buildings medieval of Sighnaq.
Iskanderova et al. (Thu,) studied this question.