Panel with Bone Mosaic

لوح خشبي مرصّع بالعظم

Panel; Metropolitan Museum of Art, accession 37.103.

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A panel of fig-wood covered with bone and coloured-wood mosaic, probably Egypt; second half of the eighth century, one of the oldest Islamic woods. Held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. 1

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Arabesque· Girih· Hedwig glass· Islamic calligraphy· Islamic geometric patterns· Islamic lustreware· Kubachi ware· Mahmal

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  1. Metropolitan Museum Open Access
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