A SILVER-INLAID BRASS EWER

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£ 150 000
Auction dateClassic
26.10.2023 10:30UTC +01:00
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CHRISTIE'S
Event location
United Kingdom, London
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ID 1033204
Lot 54 | A SILVER-INLAID BRASS EWER
A SILVER-INLAID BRASS EWER

WEST IRAN, 14TH CENTURY

The inverted conical body with wide shoulder on a spreading foot, rising to flaring cylindrical neck through eight-petalled motif, hinged lid on top, with straight tubular spout and handle surmounted by a bold spherical finial, the shoulder with a band of thuluth against a scrolling vine broken by circular arabesque medallions, the body with medallions issuing palmettes and linked by a circular band, the foot with similar scrolls and dotted rosettes, the neck with a band of similar thuluth above a pseudo-epigraphic line at the base, some inlay replaced

15 ½in. (39.2cm.) high





Provenance

Private Collection, before 1980, when purchased by the present owner



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