Architecture Ornament Fragment
936-976 (made)
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Sculpture; Limestone Moorish 10th cent
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Brief description | Sculpture; Limestone Moorish 10th cent |
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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. |
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Accession number | A.153-1919 |
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Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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