TWO CARVED WOODEN DOOR PANELS WITH FLORAL AND STELLAR MOTIFS
Possibly Mamluk Egypt or Timurid Iran, late 14th - 15th century

Each panel squared and with original provenance stickers at the back, the first carved with a central rosette medallion surrounded by stylised lotus flower sprays, set within an eight-pointed star, and encased within a border of clover-shaped palmettes or foliage, 27.6cm x 22.5cm; and the latter with a central recessed squared panel carved with a large radiating stellar motif with twenty points, the surround with similar roundels in-filled with stars with eleven, twelve and thirteen points, 25.5cm x 25cm.

Provenance: Christie's London (South Kensington), 18 October 2002, lot 18.