A NIELLO-INLAID BRASS INKWELL

Lot 17
24.10.2024 10:00UTC +00:00
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£ 40 000
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Event locationUnited Kingdom, London
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ID 1306497
Lot 17 | A NIELLO-INLAID BRASS INKWELL
Estimate value
£ 40 000 – 60 000
A NIELLO-INLAID BRASS INKWELL
EGYPT OR THE LEVANT, 12TH/13TH CENTURY
The cylindrical brass body overlaid with niello, the main register with thuluth inscription with scrolling vines above and below, the top with a hinged compartment and two lobed openings, the base plain
4 3/8in. (11.1cm.) diam.; 3in. (7.7cm.) high




Provenance

With Middle Eastern trade by 1995



Exhibited

Inscribed in Arabic verses, iftah dawat sa‘ada bi-taraqi, wa-‘uluww martaba wa-‘izz baqi, aqlamuha idh tastamiddu madadaha, samm al-‘udwa fa-fatih al-arzaq[i], ‘Open the inkwell of happiness in advancement, And elevation of rank and lasting glory. If, in writing, you draw upon its ink, Its pens are poison against hostility and the conqueror of riches.’
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