Placa de marfim

Espanha, provavelmente Córdoba

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 457

Esta placa, entalhada em uma única peça de marfim de elefante, adornou um lado de uma caixa retangular. Faz parte de um grupo de marfins dos séculos X–XI feitos na Espanha durante o reinado dos califados Omíadas (711–1031). Eles foram criados principalmente para a família real na capital, Córdoba, ou na residência real, Madinat al-Zahra. Por causa das raízes sírias dos Umayyads, não é surpreendente que muitos dos motivos encontrados nesses marfins tenham influência síria. Os arabescos vegetais são uma versão estilizada das volutas de acanto e folhas de videira de grande popularidade no final da antiguidade clássica.

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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