A Marinid calligraphic carved wood Beam
Morocco, 13th-14th Century
Morocco, 13th-14th Century
of elongated rectangular form, the face carved with a single line of inscription in thuluth on a ground of scrolling palmette bearing vines, above a band of rosettes
123 cm. long
123 cm. long
Estimate:
£6,000 - 8,000
€7,000 - 9,300
US$ 9,400 - 13,000
€7,000 - 9,300
US$ 9,400 - 13,000
Footnotes
- Provenance: Private Belgian Collection since 1970.
The inscription reads: al-'izz al-qa'im wa al-sa'd al-mulazim, "constant might and inseparable felicity."
Another Marinid beam with the same stripy leaf was sold at Christie's, Islamic Art and Manuscripts, 29 April 2003, lot 51.
Category: Islamic and Oriental Art / Islamic and Indian Art
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