ID 1033148
Lot 25 | A LARGE MAMLUK BRASS BASIN
Estimate value
£ 100 000 – 150 000
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
| Applied technique: | Metalwork |
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| Medium: | Brass |
| Art style: | Mamluk (1250-1517) |
| Place of origin: | Egypt, Africa |
| Category: | Wash basin |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects |
| Applied technique: | Metalwork |
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| Medium: | Brass |
| Art style: | Mamluk (1250-1517) |
| Place of origin: | Egypt, Africa |
| Category: | Wash basin |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects |
| Address of auction |
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