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Portal with TympanumDated 1871

Not on view
Large semicircular carved wood or stone architectural panel covered in dense interlacing acanthus scrollwork and flower heads, with a finial at apex and an Arabic or Persian inscription cartouche at the base
Carved wooden panel with dense pierced relief work, featuring symmetrical scrolling acanthus leaves, curling vines, and stylized floral rosettes across the entire surface; topped with a separate cresting piece of similar openwork foliage; warm tan-gray wood with aged surface.
Stone architectural panel with densely carved scrolling foliate arabesques and stylized rosette blossoms covering the entire surface in high relief, with a rounded arch form visible at upper left.
Carved wooden architectural panel with dense openwork scrolling acanthus leaves and rosette blossoms in warm tan tones; a framed panel with finer relief carving is partially visible at right.
Carved wooden panel with dense arabesque scrollwork of intertwining acanthus leaves and thistle-like blossoms in warm tan tones; a recessed rectangular cartouche at lower left contains Arabic script in fine relief.
Carved stucco panel with multiple lines of Arabic script in relief within a rectangular border, surrounded by deeply carved scrolling acanthus leaf decoration in beige-toned plaster.
Artist or Maker
Unknown
Title
Portal with Tympanum
Place Made
India, Gujarat, Kachchh (Kutch)
Date Made
Dated 1871
Medium
Wood with copper and iron fittings
Dimensions
a) Crown piece: 68 x 30 1/8 x 7 in. (172.72 x 76.52 x 17.78 cm); b) Top beam: 13 1/4 x 79 15/16 x 7 in. (33.66 x 203.04 x 17.78 cm); c) Proper left door: 97 1/4 x 28 x 7 in. (247.02 x 71.12 x 17.78 cm); d) Proper right door: 97 1/4 x 30 1/2 x 7 in. (247.02 x 77.47 x 17.78 cm); e) Proper left column: 103 3/4 x 13 1/2 x 8 1/2 in. (263.53 x 34.29 x 21.59 cm); f) Proper right column: 103 3/4 x 13 1/2 x 8 1/2 in. (263.53 x 34.29 x 21.59 cm); g) Base beam: 11 1/2 x 85 1/8 x 6 1/8 in. (29.21
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Freeman Gates
Accession Number
M.72.51.1a-h
Classification
Architecture
Collecting Area
South and Southeast Asian Art
Selected Bibliography
  • Markel, Stephen. Mughal and Early Modern Metalware from South Asia at LACMA: An Online Scholarly Catalogue. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2020. https://archive.org/details/mughal-metalware (accessed September 7, 2021).