Panel with Horse Heads

لوح برؤوس خيل

Panel with Horse Heads; Metropolitan Museum of Art, accession 11.205.2.

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104010501060
The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era

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Overview

A carved teak panel with opposed horses' heads, Egypt; eleventh century, from the Fatimid wooden architectural decoration. 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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islam.museum contributors. “Panel with Horse Heads”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/object/lawh-ruus-khayl/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-18.

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