Ceiling Pendant from Muslim Spain (SOLD)
Probably Seville, Spain
15th Century
This ceiling pendant is of octagonal form with three tiers of Muqarnars formed of multiple triangular prisms terminating in an octagonal finial.
The green and cream paint refreshed and with some losses to carving.
height 49 cm width 56 cm (19 x 22 in)
A related pendant from Seville is in the collection of the Hispanic Society of America in New York
Bibliography:
Mudejar Wood Carvings in the Collections of the
Hispanic Society of America pub.1928 New York p 39-40 No.X1