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Architecture Ornament Fragment

936-976 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Sculpture; Limestone Moorish 10th cent


Object details

Category
Object type
Brief description
Sculpture; Limestone Moorish 10th cent
Style
Marks and inscriptions
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Credit line
Given by Dr W. L. Hildburgh, F.S.A.
Object history
Madinat al-Zahra' was first excavated by Ricardo Velazquez Bosco in 1912 and has been in the process of archaeological investigation for much of the rest of the 20th Century. Dr W. L. Hildburgh probably obtained the objects later received by the V&A over the course of his many trips to Spain in the early 20th Century. . The V&A collectoin includes many different fragments of carved decorative limestone wall panels and carved marble architectural fragments.
Bibliographic references
  • Rosser-Owen, Mariam, Islamic Arts from Spain, V&A Publishing, London, 2010
  • Dodds, Jerrilynn D. (ed), Al-Andalus, The Art of Islamic Spain, Metropolitan Museum of Art Publishers, New York, 1992
Collection
Accession number
A.153-1919

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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