Pair of Doors Carved in the 'Beveled Style'

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9th century · Wood (teak); carved · Islamic Art

This carved pair (with 31.119.2) of teak doors imported into Iraq from Southeast Asia is probably from a royal or domestic residence. They epitomize the Beveled style—a symmetrical, abstract, vegetal form—and were probably originally painted and highlighted with gilding. The doors are said to have been found at Takrit, but were probably originally made in Samarra, the palace city of the Abbasid caliphs for a brief time in the mid‑ninth century.

Artist

Unknown

Date

9th century

Medium

Wood (teak); carved

Department

Islamic Art

Credit line

Fletcher Fund, 1931