A GHAZNAVID MARBLE MIHRAB TILE
A GHAZNAVID MARBLE MIHRAB TILE

AFGHANISTAN, 11TH/12TH CENTURY

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A GHAZNAVID MARBLE MIHRAB TILE
AFGHANISTAN, 11TH/12TH CENTURY
Of rectangular form, carved with a central niche with trefoiled arch, a stylized mosque lamp hanging from the arch, the columns at either side with stylized cypress trees, bordered with inscriptions in naskh script from Qur'an III (sura al 'imran), v.18 and Qur'an LV (sura al-rahman), v.26-28, corners chipped otherwise intact
20¼ x 12½in. (51.5 x 31.8cm.)
来源
Formerly UK private collection, circa 1960s, which sold at Bonham's, London, 8 October 2009, lot 89.

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A related carved marble mihrab tile, dated to circa 1100 Ghazna is in the David Collection, Copenhagen (Inv.no.979, https://www.davidmus.dk/en/collections/islamic/materials/stone-and-stucc o).