A GOLD-DAMASCENED FORGED IRON VASE

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£ 30 000
Auction dateClassic
31.03.2022 10:30UTC +01:00
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CHRISTIE'S
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United Kingdom, London
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ID 727115
Lot 132 | A GOLD-DAMASCENED FORGED IRON VASE
A GOLD-DAMASCENED FORGED IRON VASE

TOLEDO, SPAIN, 19TH CENTURY

The vase rising from a trumpet foot with pierced arabesques and roundel, through drop-shaped body to octagonal neck flaring at the rim, with two pierced handles linking shoulder and mouth, the surface heavily decorated in gold damascening with arabesques and more geometric mofits in gold reserved against the iron, the central band with cartouches of pseudo-Arabic inscriptions and coats of arms in between

18 1⁄2in. (47cm.) high

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