Name of Object:Stucco panel Location:Rabat, Morocco Holding Museum:Museum of Archaeology About Museum of Archaeology, Rabat. Date of Object:Hegira 6th / AD 12th century Museum Inventory Number:99.12.10.2463 Material(s) / Technique(s):Sculpted and carved plaster. Dimensions:Height left 107 cm, height centre 110 cm, height right 163 cm, length 62 cm Period / Dynasty:Almoravid Provenance:‘House of the Plain’, Chichaoua, Morocco. Description:This panel has several different decorated sections. The upper section consists of a protruding band with a double grooved braid above a large frieze with palmettes and acanthus leaves. Sculpted in relief, the lower two lobes of the seven-lobed palmettes are rolled and the upper one marked with a central slot. They alternate with and are framed by bouquets of acanthus with digitate leaves and disc-shape calyxes. View Short DescriptionThis panel is a piece of carved stucco cladding. It comes from an arch, probably a mihrab arch. The composition of its decoration, its geometric and floral motifs inspired by Taifa art, and the deep sculpting technique date it to the Almoravid period. How date and origin were established:Through stylistic and comparative analysis. The type of decoration and the carving technique are similar to the plasterwork decoration at the Almoravid qubba of Marrakesh and the Almoravid domes in the Qarawiyyin mosque, which can be dated to the reign of 'Ali ibn Yusuf ibn Tashufin, 500–37 / 1106–1142. How Object was obtained:Excavated. How provenance was established:Archaeological object found in situ. Selected bibliography:Berthier, P., “En marge des sucreries marocaines. La maison de la plaine et la maison des oliviers à Chichaoua”, Hespéris-Tamuda, 1062, III, fasc. 1, pp.75–7. Citation of this web page:Naima El Khatib-Boujibar "Stucco panel" in Discover Islamic Art, Museum With No Frontiers, 2024. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;ISL;ma;Mus01;21;en Prepared by: Naima El Khatib-Boujibar
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