A Mamluk Style Star-Shaped Panel Egypt, Cairo, ca 1900. A carved bone inlaid wood panel. The panel probably comes from a minbar or a door, where it was combined with carved wooden panels of other geometrical shapes. The ornamentation is related to that on a minbar made in Cairo for the emir Baktimur al-Jukandar in 1299. Diam: 15.5 cm. Provenance: Private collection of Oliver Hoare 1945-2018 Then sold via public auction to the current owner. Reference: The David Collection: Inv. no. 6/2008