Placa de marfil

España, probablemente Córdoba

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 457

Esta placa, tallada en una sola pieza de marfil de elefante, adornó un costado de una caja rectangular. Forma parte de un grupo de marfiles de los siglos X y XI tallados en España durante el reinado de los califas omeyas (711–1031). Fueron creados para la familia real en la capital, Córdoba, o en la ciudad palatina de Madinat al-Zahra. Debido a las raíces sirias de los omeyas, no es de extrañar que muchos de los motivos en estos marfiles tengan influencia siria. Los arabescos vegetales son una versión estilizada de las volutas de acanto y hojas de parra que alcanzaron gran popularidad en los últimos tiempos de la antigüedad clásica.

Panel from a Rectangular Box, Ivory; carved, inlaid with stone with traces of pigment

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Panel from a Rectangular Box, Ivory; carved, inlaid with stone with traces of pigment
Panel from a Rectangular Box, Ivory; carved, inlaid with stone with traces of pigment
Panel from a Rectangular Box, Ivory; carved, inlaid with stone with traces of pigment
Panel from a Rectangular Box, Ivory; carved, inlaid with stone with traces of pigment
Panel from a Rectangular Box, Ivory; carved, inlaid with stone with traces of pigment
Panel from a Rectangular Box, Ivory; carved, inlaid with stone with traces of pigment

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