TWO STUCCO FRAGMENTS WITH MOULDED FOLIAGE DECORATION Eastern Iranian World,...

TWO STUCCO FRAGMENTS WITH MOULDED FOLIAGE DECORATION
Eastern Iranian World, possibly Nishapur, 11th century

Of pentagonal shape, the front is moulded with symmetrical, repeated interlocking foliage decoration, mirrored around the central axis.

Approximately 16cm x 19.3cm x 2.5cm and 15cm x 19cm x 2.5cm (2)

For a similar example:
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, accession no. 39.40.86, also published in Wilkinson, C. K., Nishapur: Some Early Islamic Buildings and Their Decoration, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1987, fig. 1.87.

Provenance:
The collection of Georges Antaki.