Coppia di porte di minbar

Egitto, Cairo

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 450

Il minbar o pulpito è formato da un podio dotato di porte alla base e di scale che ne consentono l’accesso. Questa coppia di porte probabilmente proviene dal minbar della moschea dell’emiro Saif al-Din Qawsun al Cairo. Gli arredi delle moschee del Cairo, in particolare durante il periodo dei Mamelucchi (1250-1517), erano ornati con figure geometriche dal disegno elaborato. Le porte qui raffigurate presentano una molteplicità di disegni, che si ritrovano in larga parte anche in oggetti di vari materiali: intagli in pietra, mosaici di marmo e grate per finestre in stucco. La precisione di taglio necessaria per eseguire tali elaborati manufatti è davvero notevole, infatti ciascun pezzo condiziona il risultato finale.

Pair of Minbar Doors, Wood (rosewood and mulberry); carved and inlaid with carved ivory, ebony, and other woods

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Pair of Minbar Doors, Wood (rosewood and mulberry); carved and inlaid with carved ivory, ebony, and other woods
Pair of Minbar Doors, Wood (rosewood and mulberry); carved and inlaid with carved ivory, ebony, and other woods
Pair of Minbar Doors, Wood (rosewood and mulberry); carved and inlaid with carved ivory, ebony, and other woods
Pair of Minbar Doors, Wood (rosewood and mulberry); carved and inlaid with carved ivory, ebony, and other woods
Pair of Minbar Doors, Wood (rosewood and mulberry); carved and inlaid with carved ivory, ebony, and other woods
Pair of Minbar Doors, Wood (rosewood and mulberry); carved and inlaid with carved ivory, ebony, and other woods
Pair of Minbar Doors, Wood (rosewood and mulberry); carved and inlaid with carved ivory, ebony, and other woods
Pair of Minbar Doors, Wood (rosewood and mulberry); carved and inlaid with carved ivory, ebony, and other woods
Pair of Minbar Doors, Wood (rosewood and mulberry); carved and inlaid with carved ivory, ebony, and other woods
Pair of Minbar Doors, Wood (rosewood and mulberry); carved and inlaid with carved ivory, ebony, and other woods
Pair of Minbar Doors, Wood (rosewood and mulberry); carved and inlaid with carved ivory, ebony, and other woods

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