Fragment of a Panel with Disk Design
Returned to lender
This work of art was on loan to the museum and has since been returned to its lender.Disks composed of concentric circles decorated buildings and furniture used by all communities at the Abbasid capital Samarra and subsequently in Egypt during the reign of Ibn Tulun (r. 864–84). This panel is said to be from the coffin of one of two Christian bishops, Athanasios or Ignatios, who were buried together near Takrit.
Artwork Details
- Title: Fragment of a Panel with Disk Design
- Date: 9th century
- Geography: Made in Iraq, found at Takrit
- Medium: Wood
- Dimensions: 53 1/8 x 12 15/16 in. (135 x 32.8 cm)
- Classification: Woodwork
- Credit Line: Benaki Museum, Athens (9130)
- Curatorial Department: Medieval Art and The Cloisters