AN IMPORTANT CARVED WOODEN FRIEZE

Lot 12
24.10.2024 10:00UTC +00:00
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£ 120 000
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationUnited Kingdom, London
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ID 1306605
Lot 12 | AN IMPORTANT CARVED WOODEN FRIEZE
Estimate value
£ 120 000 – 180 000
AN IMPORTANT CARVED WOODEN FRIEZE
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
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