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AN ALMOHAD OR MARINID CARVED WOODEN BEAM
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AN ALMOHAD OR MARINID CARVED WOODEN BEAM

NORTH AFRICA, SECOND HALF 13TH-FIRST HALF 14TH CENTURY

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AN ALMOHAD OR MARINID CARVED WOODEN BEAM
North Africa, second half 13th-first half 14th century
Deeply carved in high relief with palmettes and interlaced arabesques within cusped arches, beneath minor border of simple floret design, traces of original polychrome still present, minor losses to outer edges, surface rubbed
10¾ x 70¼in. (27.3 x 178.6cm)
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Lot Essay

This beam is related in design to a part of a beam in the David Collection, Copenhagen, carved with a bevelled design, which is almost certainly a part of a beam sold in these rooms (April 23 2001, lot 135) which has been dated to the first half of the 12th century.
The present piece is probably of slightly later date, having lost the simplicity of design and attained a more baroque appearance.
von Folsach, K: Art from the world of Islam, Copenhagen, 2001, no. 435, pp. 270-1.

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