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THREE SELJUK CARVED WOODEN PANELS
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THREE SELJUK CARVED WOODEN PANELS

PROBABLY CENTRAL ANATOLIA, EARLY 15TH CENTURY

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THREE SELJUK CARVED WOODEN PANELS
Probably Central Anatolia, early 15th century
Each of polygonal form, from a complex geometric panel either in a screen or a minbar, the surface of each carved with interlaced tendrils linking split palmettes, floral sprays and arabesques, the backgrounds deeply cut away, areas of insect damage, mounted together
largest 6½in. (16.6cm.) long (3)
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Lot Essay

These panels are very similar to those in a pair of doors made in AH 817/1414-15 AD for the elebi Sultan Mehmed Medresi in Merzifon, North Anatolia (The Anatolian Civilisations, exhibition catalogue, Istanbul, 1983, no.D.172, pp.90-91). The fleshier leaves, the inclusion of incipient lattices, and the small rounded terminals are all indications of an Anatolian rather than Syrian or Egyptian origin.

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