Publication Date
The beginning of the eighth century AH / the beginning of the fourteenth century AD
Publication Place
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Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Subject
Limestone, carved
Type
Other
Language
Undetermined
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Physical Dimensions
66.68 سم
Library
Museum With No Frontiers
Library Asset ID
M.73.5.5
Record ID
object;EPM;us;Mus21;44;ar
Library Location
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Date
The beginning of the eighth century AH / the beginning of the fourteenth century AD
Notes
This richly engraved stone may once have been part of a stair railing or balustrade in a multi-storey building. It is perhaps one of dozens of such architectural elements preserved in museums in the United States and Europe and is inscribed with the date AH 703/AD 1303-4. The distinctive feature of this closely connected group is a lion carved in relief on either side that forms a pair when the stone slab is viewed from above. One side of the LACMA stone is a carved niche with a pair of columns bearing a muqarnas cap, while the other pieces in this group depict on their short front ends two-storey hut-like structures, in both cases perhaps alluding to their original architectural contexts.
Sample Text
"Balustrades" within Discover Islamic Art Collections. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;us;Mus21;44;ar
