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Lot 79

A large painted gesso Alhambra Mihrab plaque
Granada, circa 1900

6 October 2015, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

Sold for £2,250 inc. premium

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A large painted gesso Alhambra Mihrab plaque
Granada, circa 1900

rectangular, decorated in red, blue, black and gilt with a mihrab niche with two windows above, framed
70 x 41.5 cm. including frame

Footnotes

Inscriptions: in cursive, repeat of the Nasrid motto (in panels as well as in the small roundels), wa la ghalib illah allah, 'And there is no conqueror except God'; in kufic, a repetition of the shahadah.

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