Capital in the "Beveled Style"

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 451

This object exhibits the decorative language of Samarra, the second and temporary Abbasid capital. Among the various styles of surface ornament created at Samarra, the beveled style is the most well known. This style refers to a form of ornamentation based on a vegetal design that was slant cut so that the foreground and background become almost indistinguishable.

Capital in the "Beveled Style", Alabaster, gypsum; carved

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