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A Carved White-Marble Prismatic Cenotaph, North Africa, Probably Tunisia, Dated A.H. 431/A.D. 1040
Estimate
8,000 - 10,000 GBP
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Description
- A Carved White-Marble Prismatic Cenotaph, North Africa, Probably Tunisia
- 75.2cm. 29½ in. maximum length
of long high ridged prismatic form with bevelled ends carrying a panel of foliate design, extensive kufic inscription across upper and lower registers identifying the cenotaph as the tomb of Ghariba, daughter of Makhluq al-Jala who died in Shawwal A.H.431/ June-July A.D.1040, stepped foot
Provenance
Formerly in a Belgian private collection, acquired in North Africa in the 1950s
Catalogue Note
Closely comparable examples to this sarcophagus are published in De Carthage a Kairouan, Paris, 1982, pp.212-213, cat.282 and 283.