المؤلف
Unknown (made)
الموضوع
Metalwork
النوع
أخرى
اللغة
غير محدد
رقمي
نعم
مخطوط
لا
الأبعاد الفيزيائية
909 5 1884 width: 53cm, 909 5 1884 height: 17.5cm, 909 5 1884 depth: 0.5cm
المكتبة
Victoria and Albert Museum
معرف أصل المكتبة
909:1 to 49-1884
رقم السجل
909:1 to 49-1884
موقع المكتبة
Middle East Section
ملاحظات
A portion of plating from a mosque door, the top consisting of a brass knocker, a large boss and a rampant lion, all surrounded by 12 geometric plaques. Underneath is a smaller boss with nine similar plaques. from Cairo.
İlişki
Paris International Exhibition, 1878 Gaston De Saint-Maurice
Malzemeler ve teknikler
Wood replacements for missing parts. Brass Bronze
Parçalar
Plaque, Plaque, Knocker, Boss, Plaque, Plaque, Plaque, Plaque, Plaque, Plaque, Plaque, Plaque, Plaque, Plaque, Plaque, Plaque, Plaque, Plaque, Plaque, Plaque, Plaque, Plaque, Plaque, Plaque, Plaque, Plaque, Plaque, Plaque, Plaque, Plaque, Plaque, Plaque, Plaque, Plaque, Plaque, Plaque, Plaque, Plaque, Plaque, Plaque, Plaque, Plaque, Plaque, Plaque, Plaque, Plaque, Plaque, Nails, Modern Castings, Boss
Fiziksel açıklama
PORTIONS OF PLATING FROM MOSQUE DOOR consisting of a brass knocker, a large boss, bearing a lion rampant, surrounded by 12 geometrical plaques, with arabesque patterns in open work, fixed with ribbed studs; below a smaller boss surrounded by nine similar plaques; portions of other systems around, and part of arabesque border of open work; at bottom, portion of inscription at open work. (Wooden copies of some of the missing parts have been conjecturally added.) From the mosque of Mamluk Sultan al-Zahir Baybars I (r.1260-1277). 46 pieces of bronze, and 16 pieces of wood. Bought (St. Maurice Collâ¿), 60l. Description taken from âList of Objects in the Art Division, South Kensington Museum acquired during the Year 1884â. London: Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1885. p. 86
