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Panel from a Calligraphic Frieze

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The Khalili Collections

Panel from a Calligraphic Frieze

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The fragmentary inscription, which is not Qur'anic, is on a ground of fine spiral scrolls deeply carved at two levels. The use of marble is particularly characteristic of the Ghaznavids and their successors, the Ghurids, who ruled much of Khurasan, Transcaspia and Afghanistan from the eleventh century to the Mongol invasion. Their economy was based upon frequent predatory raids deep into the Indian sub-continent, where the fine white marble was doubtless acquired. The delicately proportioned script and remains of a plaited finial are also characteristic of the Ghaznavid-Ghurid legacy to the sultanates of north India in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries.

The Khalili Collections

London

Title

Panel from a Calligraphic Frieze

Date

12th C or 13th C

Medium

white marble

Accession number

411

Work type

Panel

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