COLLECTION NAME:
The AMICA Library
Record
AMICA ID:
MMA_.40.170.441
AMICA Library Year:
2002
Object Type:
Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects
Description:
Remarkable though they seem, the projecting budlike forms on this object have parallels in ninth-century Samarra? stuccoes and tenth-century stucco decoration in the Syrian monastery in Wadi an-Natrun, Egypt. The grape leaves in the archlike compartments are of classical derivation by way of the Samarra? school of stucco carving. This panel probably formed a cornicelike termination to the upper part of a wall .
Creator Nationality:
Asian; Middle Eastern; Persian
Creator Dates/Places:
Iran
Creator Name-CRT:
Found at Nishapur
Title:
Panel
View:
Principal view
Creation Date:
10th century
Creation Start Date:
900
Creation End Date:
999
Materials and Techniques:
Stucco, applied and carved (probably originally polychromed)
Creation Place:
Found at Nishapur
Dimensions:
H. 28 1/2 in. (71.3 cm), W. 29 3/8 in. (74.5 cm)
AMICA Contributor:
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Owner Location:
New York, New York
ID Number:
40.170.441
Credit Line:
Rogers Fund, 1940
Copyright:
Copyright ? 2002 The Metropolitan Museum of Art. All rights reserved.
Related Image Identifier Link:
MMA_.h1_40.170.441.tif
