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Collections

Spandrel13th century

Not on view
Fragment of a coarse white limestone or plaster relief, trapezoidal in shape, carved with two human figures and a large animal in shallow, worn low relief
Fragment of a carved limestone relief, roughly trapezoidal with irregular broken edges, depicting low-relief figures in dynamic poses against a weathered, pitted surface.

Unknown, Spandrel, 13th century, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Madina Collection of Islamic Art, gift of Camilla Chandler Frost, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Title
Spandrel
Place Made
Turkey, Beysehir
Date Made
13th century
Medium
Stucco, molded
Dimensions
4 1/2 x 3 11/16 in. (11.43 x 9.36 cm)
Credit Line
The Madina Collection of Islamic Art, gift of Camilla Chandler Frost
Accession Number
M.2002.1.675
Classification
Stucco
Collecting Area
Art of the Middle East: Islamic
Selected Bibliography
  • Canby, Sheila R., Deniz Beyazit, Martina Rugiadi, and A.C.S. Peacock. Court and Cosmos: The Great Age of the Seljuqs. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2016.