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Relief

1884 (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
Victoria and Albert Museum (made)

Plaster cast, panel


Object details

Categories
Architecture
Islam
Object type
Relief
Materials and techniques
Plaster cast
Brief description
Plaster cast, Mosque of Ibn Tulun, Cairo, built AD 877-9
Physical description
Plaster cast, panel
Dimensions
  • Height: 18in
  • Width: 29in
  • Weight: 8.40kg
Style
Saracenic
Object history
One of three panels (842, 842a and 842b). Ornament from the Mosque of Ibn-Túlún at Cairo. Saracenic. A.D. 877-9. Moulded from the paper cast No. 1234-1883 in the South Kensington Museum
Collection
Sculpture Collection
Accession number
REPRO.1884B-842

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O310716/relief-unknown/
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