Panelsecond half of 14th-first half of 15th century

Not on view

Title: Panel
Place Made: Iran
Date Made: second half of 14th-first half of 15th century
Medium: Wood, carved and painted, fitted together tongue and groove
Dimensions: 26 x 27 in. (66.04 x 68.58 cm); Mount: 32 x 32 in. (81.28 x 81.28 cm)
Credit Line: The Madina Collection of Islamic Art, gift of Camilla Chandler Frost
Accession Number: M.2002.1.753
Classification: Wood
Collecting Area: Art of the Middle East: Islamic
Curatorial Notes: Due to their inherent fragility, wood objects from the medieval Islamic world do not survive in great numbers, and those that do are primarily from interior settings, where they were protected from the elements. Most extant examples from Iran can be associated with religious institutions, in which they were safeguarded from the frequent warfare punctuating the rise and fall of dynasties and the ensuing destruction of palaces and other secular edifices. This painted wood panel, constructed from numerous individual pieces that fit together with tongue-in-groove attachments, may have formed part of a cenotaph (grave marker) from a tomb or perhaps a minbar (pulpit) from a mosque.
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.
Komaroff, Linda. Beauty and Identity: Islamic Art from the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2016.

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