Panel
1270-1340 (made)
| Place of origin |
Rectangular shaped wooden panel carved with a horizontal composition of diverse geometric shapes, including stars, hexagons and rhomboids, each carved with interlacing foliated scrolls with a fine border of circles.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Carved wood |
| Brief description | Horizontal panel of carved wood, Uzbekistan or Turkey, 1270-1340 |
| Physical description | Rectangular shaped wooden panel carved with a horizontal composition of diverse geometric shapes, including stars, hexagons and rhomboids, each carved with interlacing foliated scrolls with a fine border of circles. |
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| Object history | V&A Archival Record states: Panel of carved wood, from a mosque at Samarkand. Divided by sunk bands into a variety of shaped compartments surrounding a six-pointed star in the middle, all carved with arabesque ornament wihtin borders of rings; the edges of the panel are grooved. Turkestan; late 13th or early 14th century. Purchased from Monsieur Hindamian, Paris for £30 in 1906. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 419-1906 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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