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Elements from a Frieze13th century

Not on view
Four rectangular stone or plaster relief fragments arranged in a row, each carved with low-relief running animals, possibly hounds, against a white background
Eight rectangular ceramic relief fragments in pale gray-white, each carved with running quadrupeds—likely felines or hounds—amid scrolling foliage, arranged in four rows against a dark gray background.

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

Title
Elements from a Frieze
Place Made
Turkey, Konya
Date Made
13th century
Medium
Stucco, molded
Dimensions
2 1/4 x 20 in. (5.715 x 50.8 cm) e): 2 3/16 × 7 1/16 in. (5.56 × 17.94 cm) f): 2 3/16 × 4 1/8 in. (5.56 × 10.48 cm) g): 2 3/16 × 4 1/8 in. (5.56 × 10.48 cm) h): 2 3/16 × 7 1/16 in. (5.56 × 17.94 cm)
Credit Line
The Madina Collection of Islamic Art, gift of Camilla Chandler Frost
Accession Number
M.2002.1.683a-h
Classification
Stucco
Collecting Area
Art of the Middle East: Islamic
Selected 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.

  • 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.