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A HISPANO-MORESQUE REVIVAL GILT AND POLYCHROME-PAINTED PLASTER RELIEF PLAQUE: EL MIHRAB EN EL ORATORIO DE EL PARTAL, ALHAMBRA PALACE Granada, Andalusia, Southern Spain, late 19th century, signed by Fernandez Castro Of traditional rectangular shape, moulded, carved, gilt, and polychrome-painted, the relief replicating the slightly romanticised, pre-modern conservation version of the elaborate mihrab niche in the oratory of the El Partal Palace, inside the Alhambra complex in Granada, built by the Nasrid ruler Muhammad III (r. 1302 - 09), the architectural relief characterised by typical polylobed and horseshoe arches, dense foliate arabesque patterns, muqarnas ceilings inside the main niche, polychrome stellar and geometric tile panels on the front, and several epigraphic friezes in a variety of calligraphic scripts including knotted Kufic and thuluth, some repeating the Nasrid motto Wa La Ghaliba Illa-llah (there is no Conqueror but Allah), signed by the maker Fernandez Castro in the lower left corner, set in a black wooden frame, 46cm x 34.5cm x 12cm including the frame.
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A HISPANO-MORESQUE REVIVAL GILT AND POLYCHROME-PAINTED PLASTER RELIEF PLAQUE: EL MIHRAB EN EL ORATORIO DE EL PARTAL, ALHAMBRA PALACE Granada, Andalusia, Southern Spain, late 19th century, signed by Fernandez Castro Of traditional rectangular shape, moulded, carved, gilt, and polychrome-painted, the relief replicating the slightly romanticised, pre-modern conservation version of the elaborate mihrab niche in the oratory of the El Partal Palace, inside the Alhambra complex in Granada, built by the Nasrid ruler Muhammad III (r. 1302 - 09), the architectural relief characterised by typical polylobed and horseshoe arches, dense foliate arabesque patterns, muqarnas ceilings inside the main niche, polychrome stellar and geometric tile panels on the front, and several epigraphic friezes in a variety of calligraphic scripts including knotted Kufic and thuluth, some repeating the Nasrid motto Wa La Ghaliba Illa-llah (there is no Conqueror but Allah), signed by the maker Fernandez Castro in the lower left corner, set in a black wooden frame, 46cm x 34.5cm x 12cm including the frame.
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