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Overview
A carved plaster fragment from the decoration of the Abbasid palaces of Samarra (style A or B); 836–880, Iraq, evidence of the caliphal capital. In the Victoria and Albert Museum, London. 1
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Arabesque· Girih· Hedwig glass· Horse colours and markings in Timurid painting· Islamic calligraphy· Islamic geometric patterns· Islamic lustreware· Arabic calligraphy and its teaching
Sources
- Victoria and Albert Museum Collection API
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islam.museum contributors. “Samarra Wall Fragment”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/object/qita-jidar-samarra-1/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-17.