An early Mamluk carved wood two-piece star tile, Egypt, 13th/early 14th century

each panel forming half of a twelve-pointed star, the central fields carved with scrolling and entwined leafy tendrils issuing palmette terminals, set in an ebony frame inlaid with a thin ivory band 

In general good condition, some ware consistent with age, including some old restorations, mounted on a velvet covered wooden frame, as viewed.
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This twelve-sided stellar panel is characteristic of Mamluk design, which saw a development of complex geometric patterns comprising interlocking polygons, each, as in the present example, intricately carved with flowing, interwoven palmettes. It is stylistically close to examples on the minbar of the mosque of Al-Nasfi Qaisun in Cairo of 730AH/1329AD (Prisse d’Avennes, E.: Arab Art, London, 1983, p.107, pl.85-6).