Lot 416
  • 416

A carved marble fragment of a cenotaph, Tunisia , 11th-12th Century

Estimate
2,000 - 4,000 GBP
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Description

  • A carved marble fragment of a cenotaph, Tunisia
  • 37cm. 14½in. maximum length
of rectangular form with flattened sides, chamfered ends and sloping top, the sides and top with foliated kufic inscription, the ends with palmette scroll, on a stepped base with egg and dart and running scroll borders

Provenance

Formerly in a Belgian private collection, acquired in North Africa in the 1950s