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A pair of doors
(زوج أبواب)

Title	A pair of doors
Title Original	زوج أبواب
Publication Date:	Ninth century - beginning of the tenth century AH / fifteenth century - beginning of the sixteenth century
Publication Place	- Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Subject	Wood, carved
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	أ‌) 170.2 × 41.3 سم ب) 62.6 × 39.4 سم
Library:	Museum With No Frontiers
Library Asset ID	M.73.5.790a-b
Record ID	object;EPM;us;Mus21;40;ar
Library Location	Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Date	Ninth century - beginning of the tenth century AH / fifteenth century - beginning of the sixteenth century
Notes	Although the exact construction to which this pair of carved wooden doors belongs is not known, evidence lies in Qur'anic inscriptions carved in Naqshti calligraphy framing four panels of openwork designs of twisting vines. Every text quoted from the Qur’an mentions the reward of Paradise, and the one on the right door (2:274) in particular says that the rich who spend their money in the way of God will have no fear on the Day of Resurrection. The overall appearance of the group of inscriptions suggests that these two doors may have decorated a Shiite shrine or a Sufi grave.
Sample Text	"Pair of Doors" within Discover the collections of Islamic art. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;us;Mus21;40;ar

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A pair of doors

(زوج أبواب)

Publication Date Ninth century - beginning of the tenth century AH / fifteenth century - beginning of the sixteenth century

Publication Place - Los Angeles County Museum of Art

Subject Wood, carved

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions أ‌) 170.2 × 41.3 سم ب) 62.6 × 39.4 سم

Library Museum With No Frontiers

Library Asset ID M.73.5.790a-b

Record ID object;EPM;us;Mus21;40;ar

Library Location Los Angeles County Museum of Art

Date Ninth century - beginning of the tenth century AH / fifteenth century - beginning of the sixteenth century

Notes Although the exact construction to which this pair of carved wooden doors belongs is not known, evidence lies in Qur'anic inscriptions carved in Naqshti calligraphy framing four panels of openwork designs of twisting vines. Every text quoted from the Qur’an mentions the reward of Paradise, and the one on the right door (2:274) in particular says that the rich who spend their money in the way of God will have no fear on the Day of Resurrection. The overall appearance of the group of inscriptions suggests that these two doors may have decorated a Shiite shrine or a Sufi grave.

Sample Text "Pair of Doors" within Discover the collections of Islamic art. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;us;Mus21;40;ar