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NM 0090/1935 :: wooden panel, architectural fragment

Object description: Rectangular panel, decoration within an arch from which the upper part is missing, probably upper part of a door. Deeply carved ornament, arch bevelled, stylized palmettes looking like confronted birds with their heads drooping on their breasts. Spandrels, beginning of palmettes in same style as in arch.

Data elements
References (2)

Inventory number

NM 0090/1935

Serie nummer

12348

Object

wooden panel; architectural fragment

Object, Swedish

träpanel; arkitekturellt fragment

Country - Findspot

Egypt : Africa

Country, Swedish - Findspot

Egypten

Place - Findspot

Fustat

Region - Findspot

Cairo Governorate

Geographic name, alternative

Fustat

Geographic name, alternative - Swedish

Fustat

Material

Carved wood

Material, Swedish

Snidat trä

Acquisition

Gift from Kf to NM through NMV. Purchased by the Crown Prince of Sweden in December 1934 at E., A., Abemayor, Cairo, price 441,10, registered the 12/7/1935.

Acquisition, Swedish

Gåva från Kf till NM genom NMV. Inköpt av Kronprinsen av Sverige i december 1934 vid E., A., Abemayor, Kairo, pris 441,1, registrerad 12/7/1935.

Description, Swedish

Rektangulär panel, dekoration inom en båge av vilket övre delen saknas, troligen överdelen på en dörr. Djupt inristat ornament, bågen avfasad, stiliserade palmbladsmotiv som ser ut som fåglar som hänger med huvudet på bröstet. Spandriller, påbörjan till palmbladsmotiv i samma stil som bågen.; Pannå av trä med snidad dekor i Samarrastil C 900-tal

Description

Rectangular panel, decoration within an arch from which the upper part is missing, probably upper part of a door. Deeply carved ornament, arch bevelled, stylized palmettes looking like confronted birds with their heads drooping on their breasts. Spandrels, beginning of palmettes in same style as in arch.

Period

Abbasid (750-1517)

Time - Manufacturing, earliest

1000-1100 AD

Exhibition - Previously

Egypten, 2014-

Description: The history of Egypt is long, from the first settlements in the Nile Valley around 7000 years ago to the present day. Egypt was for a long period of time ruled by autocratic kings – the pharaohs. At other times, it was part
of larger empires such as the Persian, Roman and Ottoman.
The pharaonic culture was characterised by high conservatism.
Things were – and should be – as they always had been.
Old traditions and ways of thinking lived on, long after the last pharaohs.
They were present in the customs and traditions of the Middle Ages and are present in Egypt today.
Welcome on a walk through the history of Egypt!
Time - Start: 20132013

Islamisk konst

Description: The Islamic exhibition and Islamic art
The Museum of Mediterranean and Near Eastern Antiquities also has the largest and only permanent exhibition of Islamic art in Sweden. The collection shows objects in ceramics, metal, wood and textiles as well as book illustrations and miniature painting. It elucidates Islamic art from AD 600 to AD 1900.
Islamic art is a world rich in shapes and colours both on the objects and in the décor. Arabesques and star patterns, calligraphic script, and the narrative pictures, illustrations to poetry, culture and science characterize the art. Islamic art and culture are heirs in southern and the eastern Mediterranean area to the Hellenistic, Roman, Persian and older Christian cultures.
The museum’s Islamic exhibition and extensive program activity aim to provide valuable knowledge for the understanding of Islam in Sweden – and in the world - today. (www.medelhavsmuseet.se, 2010-09-08)

Exhibition, Part of - Previously

Islamisk konst - Showcase 07:06.

New Egypt, 10, Egypt after the pharaohs

Exhibition, showcase - Previously

Egypten 10.12

Egypt, Number in Exhibition

Name - Owner

Nationalmuseum, Stockholm

Description: Nationalmuseum is a publicly owned cultural institution.Nationalmuseum%20is%20a%20publicly%20owned%20cultural%20institution.
Source - http: www.nationalmuseum.se, collections.smvk.se

Egyptenutställningen 2014, English - Label

Wood panel (most likely part of a door) with stylised plant patterns. Tenth century.

Published text

The rectangular panel consists of an arch with small plain sections on each side. Its carved decoration shows a symmetrical floral composition. The centre forms a vase-like motif with a flower. Leaves of different sizes and shapes fill the space inside and outside the arch. The decoration consists of a variety of small elements, but the overall composition appears integrated since the curves form a relationship through all parts. The deep carved patterns are of charming clarity and possess sculptural depth.

This type of decoration goes back to the stuccoes and wood carvings at Samarra. Samarra, situated some 60 miles up the Tigris from Baghdad, was the capital of the Abbasid caliphs from AH 224 / AD 838until AH 270 / AD 883. Ahmad ibn Tulun, the founder of the Tulunid dynasty in Egypt (AH 254–94 / AD 868–906) spent many years in Samarra and brought the Abbasid style of decoration and Abbasid craftsmen to his own capital, al-Qata'i. The so-called style C of the Samarra stuccoes is characterised by bevelling carved, symmetrical abstract patterns of leaf and vase motifs which match the shapes within the arch of the wooden panel. The wood carvings made in Tulunid Egypt at the end of the AH 3rd / AD 9th century represent the culmination of this style, although they have a tendency to break up the originally broad sculptured surface into smaller elements as in the case of this panel. The specific function of the panel is not known; it was possibly part of the architectural decoration.

Source: [https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;ISL;se;Mus01;3;en&cp]

How date and origin were established:

The architectural decoration of the mosque of Ahmad ibn Tulun in al-Qata'i, completed in 266 / 879, is close to the style of this panel.

How Object was obtained:

Purchased by the Crown Prince of Sweden in December 1934 in Cairo.

How provenance was established:

The object was found during excavations in Egypt.

Source: [https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;ISL;se;Mus01;3;en&cp]

Comments

Found during excavtions in Egypt, probably al-Fustat. The entire panel horizontally cut by a fine line. Indicates a later addition or conservation?

Egyptenutställningen 2014, Swedish - Label

Träpanel (troligen del av dörr) med stiliserade växtmotiv. 900-talet.

NegNo

12451D

Cf Publications

ref. Michell, G., The Arts of Islam, Hayward Gallery 8 april-4th July 1976, Westerham Press 1976, p. 282-83, n° 437.

Source - http

islamicart.museumwnf.org

Length / Längd

29 cm

Width / Bredd

68,5 cm

Depth / Djup

5 cm

Dimensions

68,5 X 29 X 5 cm

Loan in - Current

in-1977.0002

Condition

Worn

Original register

Islam

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