Cast of a Dado Panel

20th century

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 451

This panel exhibits the Beveled style associated with the Abbasid palace city of Samarra. It is one of a pair of wall panels casts taken from surviving ninth‑century buildings during excavations at Samarra in the first quarter of the twentieth century.

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Title: Cast of a Dado Panel
Date: 20th century
Geography: Attributed to Iraq, Samarra
Medium: Plaster; cast (Stucco; molded, carved)
Dimensions: H. 59 5/8 in. (151.4 cm)
W. 45 3/16 in. (114.8 cm)
D. 3 1/2 in. (8.9 cm)
Wt. 296 lbs. (134.3 kg)
Classification: Reproductions
Credit Line: Purchase, Edward C. Moore Jr. Gift, 1927
Object Number: 27.229.1
Curatorial Department: Islamic Art

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