Mihrab of Asht dated 10th C occupies special position among the exhibits of the National museum of antiquities of Tajikistan - one of a very few monuments of this type, which were preserved to the present. Carved clay Mihrab from Asht repeatedly attracted attention of researchers. In it, as in the artistic carving on the tree of the same time, wealth of ornamental motives is combined with the irreproachable accuracy of the construction of pattern.
(The upper part has a height of 8 cm, a width of 70 cm, and a depth of 30 cm. The lower part is a flat panel with a height of 107 cm, a width of 70 cm, and a thickness of 2–2.5 cm.)
