AN UMAYYAD CARVED LARCH BEAM
CORDOBA, SOUTH SPAIN, SECOND HALF 10TH CENTURY
AN UMAYYAD CARVED LARCH BEAM CORDOBA, SOUTH SPAIN, SECOND HALF 10TH CENTURY The long beam carved in high relief on two planes with a band containing two entwined tendrils each issuing alternating flowerheads and scrolling volutes, the latter combining to form palmette designs, the sides similarly carved with swagged tendrils issuing trefoil motifs alternating with pine-cone motifs, sawn in half longitudinally, a later notch cut at each end, slight weathering and ageing, small traces of polychrome decoration 222½ x 8¼ x 6in. (565 x 21 x 15cm.)
AN UMAYYAD CARVED LARCH BEAM
CORDOBA, SOUTH SPAIN, SECOND HALF 10TH CENTURY
AN UMAYYAD CARVED LARCH BEAM CORDOBA, SOUTH SPAIN, SECOND HALF 10TH CENTURY The long beam carved in high relief on two planes with a band containing two entwined tendrils each issuing alternating flowerheads and scrolling volutes, the latter combining to form palmette designs, the sides similarly carved with swagged tendrils issuing trefoil motifs alternating with pine-cone motifs, sawn in half longitudinally, a later notch cut at each end, slight weathering and ageing, small traces of polychrome decoration 222½ x 8¼ x 6in. (565 x 21 x 15cm.)
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