AN UMAYYAD CARVED AND PAINTED LARCH BEAM
CORDOBA, SOUTH SPAIN, SECOND HALF 10TH CENTURY
AN UMAYYAD CARVED AND PAINTED LARCH BEAM CORDOBA, SOUTH SPAIN, SECOND HALF 10TH CENTURY The long beam carved in high relief on two planes with a band of white strapwork forming arrowhead motifs interlaced with tendrils issuing fleshy volutes, the sides similarly carved with a yellow zigzag line dividing alternating trefoil and other flowerheads linked by swagged tendrils, sawn in half longitudinally, a later notch cut at each end, slight damages and ageing, polychrome surface rubbed 221 x 8¼ x 6in. (561 x 21 x 15cm.)
AN UMAYYAD CARVED AND PAINTED LARCH BEAM
CORDOBA, SOUTH SPAIN, SECOND HALF 10TH CENTURY
AN UMAYYAD CARVED AND PAINTED LARCH BEAM CORDOBA, SOUTH SPAIN, SECOND HALF 10TH CENTURY The long beam carved in high relief on two planes with a band of white strapwork forming arrowhead motifs interlaced with tendrils issuing fleshy volutes, the sides similarly carved with a yellow zigzag line dividing alternating trefoil and other flowerheads linked by swagged tendrils, sawn in half longitudinally, a later notch cut at each end, slight damages and ageing, polychrome surface rubbed 221 x 8¼ x 6in. (561 x 21 x 15cm.)
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