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Dado Panel

10th century
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 452
The original placement of this unique carved stucco panel is uncertain, although its shape and size suggests that it adorned a dado, or the lower half of a wall. It was found in fragmentary form on the floor of a courtyard excavated in the mound known as Sabz Pushan (the Green Covered) at Nishapur, having crumbled from a nearby wall centuries before. In addition to its richly carved decoration of a three-lobed niche, this panel once had bright colors. Traces of yellow pigment were found on the un-carved band that frames the main scene. Other carved and painted ornamental panels were found in the rooms surrounding the courtyard where this piece was found, speaking to the building’s rich architectural ornament.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Dado Panel
  • Date: 10th century
  • Geography: Excavated in Iran, Nishapur
  • Medium: Stucco; carved, with some cast plaster elements
  • Dimensions: Panel:
    H. 40 3/4 in. (103.5 cm)
    W. 33 3/8 in. (84.8 cm)
    Wt. 163 lbs (73.9 kg)
    Frame D. with tabs:
    D. 2 9/16 in. (6.5 cm)
  • Classification: Stucco
  • Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1940
  • Object Number: 40.170.439
  • Curatorial Department: Islamic Art

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