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Lot Essay
A carbon date on a sample from these doors, performed by RCD RadioCarbon dating, reference RCD-7384, on 4 August 2010, gives a 68 probability of 1460-1530 plus 1560-1630, and a 95 probability of 1440-1640.
The decoration on the face of this door is very similar to that on a pair of doors exhibited in Riyadh and attributed to 14th/15th century Morocco (The Unity of Islamic Art, Westerham, 1985, no.75, pp.92-3). The carving on the present doors is slightly shallower than that of the earlier example, and the borders painted, rather than carved. A spectacular double door with similar upper panel and with an inscribed border, attributed to 14th century Merinid Morocco was formerly in the al-Sabah Collection (Marilyn Jenkins, Islamic Art in the Kuwait National Museum, the al-Sabah Collection, London, 1983, p.109).
The decoration on the face of this door is very similar to that on a pair of doors exhibited in Riyadh and attributed to 14th/15th century Morocco (The Unity of Islamic Art, Westerham, 1985, no.75, pp.92-3). The carving on the present doors is slightly shallower than that of the earlier example, and the borders painted, rather than carved. A spectacular double door with similar upper panel and with an inscribed border, attributed to 14th century Merinid Morocco was formerly in the al-Sabah Collection (Marilyn Jenkins, Islamic Art in the Kuwait National Museum, the al-Sabah Collection, London, 1983, p.109).