A CALLIGRAPHIC CARVED WOOD PANEL WITH TRACES OF POLYCHROME PAINT, PROBABLY ANATOLIA, KONYA, SELJUK, 13TH CENTURY

Ex-collection Sir Howard Hodgkin (1932-2017).

inscriptions

'Religion is the crown of Islam'

The overall effect of the decorative elements of this panel, notably the inscription carved in deep relief between stylised split-palmettes, is visually comparable to the stylistic designs seen on the facades of certain Seljuk monuments in Konya dated to the second half of the thirteenth century, notably, the Iwan of the Ince Minareli Madrasa (G. Curatola, L'Art Seljoukide et Ottoman, Paris, 2010, pp.36-43) and (G. Hakki Eldem, Türk Mimari Eserleri, Works of Turkish Architecture, Istanbul, 1970, pp.53-55).