Moroccan Ceiling Panel with Matching Mihrabs or Arches

A ceiling that came down to speak, and brought its arches along.

This ceiling panel with matching mihrabs or arches comes from Morocco, North Africa, 18th century, in carved and painted cedar wood. Painted cedar ceilings have long been a glory of Moroccan palaces and religious buildings, with geometry carried across every surface. Here a long central panel holds radiating star patterns around a carved pendant. Two arches with scalloped, pointed edges accompany it, covered in interlacing vines of red, cream and dark green. The paint has a dry, aged look. Ninety-nine inches long and 31 inches high.

You will have to decide which way is up.