ID 1306605
Lot 12 | AN IMPORTANT CARVED WOODEN FRIEZE
Estimate value
£ 120 000 – 180 000
ALMOHAD OR NASRID ANDALUSIA OR NORTH AFRICA, 12TH OR 13TH CENTURY
Composed of three beams, carved in high relief with three large cusped arches with a scallop-shaped motif in the centre, dense foliate ground with a band of stylised kufic below, with traces of red pigment
28 3/8 x 144 7/8in. (72 x 368cm.)
Provenance
Private Collection, Belgium, since the 1940s.
Engraved
In positive and negative, repeated: al-yumn, Prosperity
| Medium: | Wood |
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| Historical era: | Nasrid dynasty |
| Place of origin: | Morocco, Africa, Europe, Spain |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects |
| Medium: | Wood |
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| Historical era: | Nasrid dynasty |
| Place of origin: | Morocco, Africa, Europe, Spain |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects |
| Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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