AN  EARLY FATIMID CARVED WOODEN PANEL, in the form of three elements each with scrolls around a central leaf, 19cm tall.EGYPT, 10TH CENTURYProvenance: Austrian private collection. Fredrik Robert Martin (1868-1933)  Collection, Sweden, with old collection no 49. Collection F.R. Martin At the turn of the Century the Swedish scholar and art historian Fredrik Robert Martin (1868-1933) travelled through much of Persia. By the 1920s he hadpiled an extensive and historically important collection of Islamic art, illustrating the craftsman of bygone dynasties. During his lifetime F.R. Martin authored many books on the subject of Islamic arts and crafts. Many of the items from the collection, about which an extensive catalogue was published, are nowadays held in the Medelhavsmuseet and the Ethnographical Museum in Stockholm.Purchased in Auctionata Berlin 2013Height 25.9