A Fatimid inscribed carved marble Stele
Egypt, 9th/ 10th Century
Egypt, 9th/ 10th Century
of rectangular form, carved with thirteen lines in kufic
58.8 x 42.5 cm.
58.8 x 42.5 cm.
Estimate:
£6,000 - 8,000
€7,100 - 9,500
US$ 9,100 - 12,000
€7,100 - 9,500
US$ 9,100 - 12,000
Footnotes
- Provenance: Private collection.
The inscriptions confirm the conversion of a certain Zaynab, daughter of Hamdun Abi Na'im to Islam.
For a similar carved funerary stele, see Exhibition Catalogue, Mikhail B. Piotrovsky and John Vrieze, Art of Islam: Earthly Beauty, Heavenly Art, Amsterdam, December 1999 to April 2000, no. 176.
Category: Islamic and Oriental Art / Islamic and Indian Art
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