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THREE UMAYYAD CARVED BONE PANELS
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THREE UMAYYAD CARVED BONE PANELS

SYRIA OR MESOPOTAMIA, CIRCA 8TH CENTURY

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THREE UMAYYAD CARVED BONE PANELS
SYRIA OR MESOPOTAMIA, CIRCA 8TH CENTURY
Each of rounded rectangular form, the upper surfaces carved, two with central entwined tendrils terminating in fleshy leaves and dividing bands of scrolling vine issuing bunches of grapes, the third smaller panel with a scrolling vine with leafy terminals and one border of dotted motifs, slight losses
Largest 4 7/8in. (12.5cm.) long (3)
Provenance
Adda Family Collection, formed in Alexandria in the first half of the 20th century.
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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 oeuvres sculptées en bois, os, ivoire de style omayyade", Ars Orientalis, I, 1954, pp.119-131).

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