Object type
panel
Culture/period
Andalusian culture
Materials
plaster
Technique
spatula
Mint
Production date
1031 / 1036
Museum
Museu de la Noguera
Current location
Exposició permanent
Archaeological site
Castell Formós
Township
Balaguer (Europa, Espanya, Catalunya, Lleida, Noguera)
Dimensions
100 x 130 x 70 mm
Description
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Fragment of an ornamental panel.
The decorative motif is mixed, plant and animal. It is possible that whole composition is structured around a tree of life, of which the central trunk with grooved profile is preserved; digitate leaves with unilateral lobes and slightly curved base lobe (only the left leaf is preserved whole). On the left side of the tree of life, and framed by a semi-circular lobular profile, the head of a bird and a composite palmette appears. The head of the bird, in profile, has a long, curved, pointed beak with a central groove that marks both sides of it. The drop-shaped eye is made with a light incision.
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Omeka ID
332