Publication Date
Late third century AH / late ninth century AD
Publication Place
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Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Subject
Wood, engraved
Type
Other
Language
Undetermined
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Physical Dimensions
64.2 × 20.3 سم
Library
Museum With No Frontiers
Library Asset ID
M.73.5.405
Record ID
object;EPM;us;Mus21;12;ar
Library Location
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Date
Late third century AH / late ninth century AD
Notes
This carved panel came from Egypt, where wood, despite its rarity and cost, was carefully decorated and used in contexts generally left to luxury materials. Although it is impossible to say how this wooden panel was originally used, it is possible to determine its time as the late third century AH / late ninth century AD based on its distinctive decoration. It is decorated in a beveled style. The panel depicts fine-style leaves that have been transformed into abstract shapes. As is characteristic of this style, it is impossible to distinguish between the background and the foreground, or between natural and abstract shapes. The beveled style may have been developed first in Samarra in northern Iraq, which replaced Baghdad as the capital of the Abbasids from 221-279 AH / 836-892 AD, and this style was quickly adopted in other parts of the Islamic empire, including Egypt.
Sample Text
"Painting with abstract decoration" within Discover the collections of Islamic art. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;us;Mus21;12;ar
