Carved Panel

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Carved Panel

Egypt, first half of 9th century
Wood
Wood, carved
25 5/16 x 8 in. (64.29 x 20.32 cm)
The Nasli M. Heeramaneck Collection, gift of Joan Palevsky (M.73.5.119)
Art of the Middle East: Islamic and Contemporary
Not currently on public view

Curator Notes

This panel likely once formed part of a cenotaph marking the burial place of an individual of some importance given the paucity of wood in Egypt and the careful carving of the low-relief design and in...
This panel likely once formed part of a cenotaph marking the burial place of an individual of some importance given the paucity of wood in Egypt and the careful carving of the low-relief design and inscriptions. Inscribed across the top is the beginning of Qur’an, chapter 112. It belongs to a group of similar carved wood panels said to have been excavated at Fustat (Old Cairo). All have the same diagonal crack, suggesting that they were discarded and stacked one atop the other, causing the matching fractures.
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Bibliography

  • Lo Terrenal y lo Divino: Arte Islámico siglos VII al XIX Colección del Museo de Arte del Condado de Los Ángeles. Santiago: Centro Cultural La Moneda, 2015.

  • Komaroff, Linda. Beauty and Identity: Islamic Art from the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2016.

  • Lo Terrenal y lo Divino: Arte Islámico siglos VII al XIX Colección del Museo de Arte del Condado de Los Ángeles. Santiago: Centro Cultural La Moneda, 2015.

  • Komaroff, Linda. Beauty and Identity: Islamic Art from the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2016.
  • Pal, Pratapaditya, ed.  Islamic Art:  The Nasli M. Heeramaneck Collection.  Los Angeles:  Museum Associates, 1973.
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