SYRIA OR MESOPOTAMIA, CIRCA 8TH CENTURY

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TWO UMAYYAD CARVED BONE PANELS
Syria or Mesopotamia, circa 8th Century
Each of rounded rectangular form, the upper surface carved with a central column dividing two rows of scrolling tendrils terminating in bunches of grapes or in leafy arabesques, one panel with two large flaring leaves above, one damaged along one side, mounted on red velvet covered board
The larger 5 1/8in. (13cm.) high

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Lot Essay

Similar examples are in the Musée du Louvre (Les Andalousies de Damas à Cordoue, exhibition catalogue, Institut du Monde Arabe, Paris, 2000, p.32, n.13). The group is further discussed by Henri Stern ("Quelques ouvres sculpteés en bois, os, ivoire de style Omayyade", Ars Orientalis, I, 1954, pp.119-131)

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