A LARGE MAMLUK BRASS BASIN

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£ 100 000
Auction dateClassic
26.10.2023 10:30UTC +01:00
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CHRISTIE'S
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United Kingdom, London
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ID 1033148
Lot 25 | A LARGE MAMLUK BRASS BASIN
A LARGE MAMLUK BRASS BASIN

EGYPT OR SYRIA, 1500-1520

Of typical form, the slightly inverted sides rising to a cusped flared rim, the exterior engraved with three cusped inscription cartouches of thuluth alternating with blazons between strapwork, interstices filled with split palmettes and scrolling vines, the inner rim similarly decorated with four inscription cartouches, the base with an inscription roundel around a central blazon, the basin reduced in height and the base reattached

18 ¾cm. (47.5cm.) diam.





Provenance

Private Collection, Japan, by 1981

With Japanese Trade, since 1986
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