Publication Date
Late third century - fourth century AH / tenth century AD
Publication Place
-
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Subject
Marble, carved
Type
Other
Language
Undetermined
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Physical Dimensions
الارتفاع : 36.8 سم ، العرض : 34.3 سم ، العمق :34.3 سم ، الوزن : 140 رطل ، 63.5 كغ
Library
Museum With No Frontiers
Library Asset ID
30.95.134
Record ID
object;EPM;us;Mus23;16;ar
Library Location
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Date
Late third century - fourth century AH / tenth century AD
Notes
This column capital came from the palace of the magnificent city of Madinat al-Zahra, which was founded by the Umayyad Caliph Abd al-Rahman III in 936 near Cordoba. It is composed of administrative buildings, reception halls, residential quarters, squares, pavilions, mosques, and markets. Its architecture is characterized by the shape of successive rows of horseshoe-shaped arches on thin columns with carved and perforated capitals like the one shown here. It is an abstract form of the classic tanned shapes. The hump on one end of this capital bears the inscription “Made by Khabara?”
Sample Text
"Column Crown" within Discover the collections of Islamic art. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;us;Mus23;16;ar
