Tombak Gilded Plaque

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 459

This plaque is engraved with a symmetrical arabesque pattern against a ring-punched ground and terminates in two trefoils. It was probably one of a set adorning a large door, as can be seen in examples in the Suleymaniye Mosque and the Topkapi Palace in Istanbul. Three of the seven rivets used for attachment remain.

Tombak Gilded Plaque, Copper; chased, engraved and gilded (tombak technique)

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Tombak Gilded Plaque, Copper; chased, engraved and gilded (tombak technique)
Tombak Gilded Plaque, Copper; chased, engraved and gilded (tombak technique)
Tombak Gilded Plaque, Copper; chased, engraved and gilded (tombak technique)

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