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THB10th C. Islamic Limestone Relief Panel (from a Palace)
Lot 139a
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Artemis Gallery
686 S Taylor Ave, Ste 106
Louisville, CO 80027
United States
Selling antiquities, ancient and ethnographic art online since 1993, Artemis Gallery specializes in Classical Antiquities (Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Near Eastern), Asian, Pre-Columbian, African / Tribal / Oceanographic art. Our extensive inventory includes pottery, stone, metal, wood, glass and textil...Read more
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Oct 25, 2018
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2018-10-25 11:00:00
2018-10-25 11:00:00
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Featuring Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Etruscan, Near Eastern, plus Asian art from Central and Far East. If you love the classics, this is the sale for you. Artemis Gallery info@artemisgallery.com
Featuring Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Etruscan, Near Eastern, plus Asian art from Central and Far East. If you love the classics, this is the sale for you. Artemis Gallery info@artemisgallery.com
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Middle East, Lebanon, Islamic world, ca. 10th to 16th century CE. A massive, thick limestone relief panel made to be a wall decoration in a palace. Raised flowers, vines, leaves, and flourishes decorate the surface, centered around a wide ovoid with a fountain-like feature at its middle, drawing the eye's focus. Small details decorate each carving, outlining the stems of the leaves and the individual petals of each flower. Anyone who has visited an area of medieval Muslim influence - from the Alhambra in Spain to the great preserved palaces of the Middle East - will have been struck by the incredible ornate relief decorations. Size: 4.75" L x 29.5" W x 20.5" H (12.1 cm x 74.9 cm x 52.1 cm)
In Spain and North Africa, the style shown here - with the vegetal/floral pattern - is known as ataurique, from the Arabic "al-tawriq", meaning leaves, foliage, and flora. These patterns started as classical decorative elements - fruits, flowers, and acanthus leaves - and over time evolved into slightly more abstract, stylized forms, as here. They are often found on arches and windows. A similar example comes from 9th century Samarra, briefly the capital of the Abbasid caliphate in modern Iraq, where a wall revetment found in the remains of a private house is decorated with abstract floral patterns set within circles and square borders. Samarra is famous for its carved stucco and decorative tiles, which have been used to trace the evolution of Islamic imagery.
Please note that this item weighs over 200 lbs (91 kg) and will require a custom shipping estimate.
Provenance: private East Coast, USA collection; ex-private Lebanese collection, acquired in the 1980s
All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back.
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#138722Small losses around the edges with some scratching commensurate with age, but overall in beautiful condition with clear motifs. Lightly weathered surface with some small darker deposits.Condition
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