ID 727249
Lot 19 | A SILVER INLAID WHITE BRONZE SHALLOW DISH
Estimate value
£ 30 000 – 50 000
IRAN, PROBABLY KHORASSAN, MID-LATE 13TH CENTURY
The shallow dish with a large gently sloping central roundel adorned with anthropomorphic suns against a hatched ground, the cavetto with a band of pseudo-kufic against scrolling vines interrupted by four roundels with foliate motifs, the rim with a further band of pseudo-kufic against scrolling vines, the reverse plain, some silver remaining
13 3⁄4in. (35cm.) diam.
Provenance
London trade, 1989
Special notice
The USA prohibits the purchase by US persons of Iranian-origin “works of conventional craftsmanship” such as carpets, textiles, decorative objects, and scientific instruments. The US sanctions apply to US persons regardless of the location of the transaction or the shipping intentions of the US person. For this reason, Christie’s will not accept bids by US persons on this lot. Non-US persons wishing to import this lot into the USA are advised that they will need to apply for an OFAC licence and that this can take many months to be granted.
| Applied technique: | Metalwork |
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| Medium: | Bronze |
| Place of origin: | Iran, Asia |
| Category: | Dishes and trays |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects, Plates & Dishes |
| Applied technique: | Metalwork |
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| Medium: | Bronze |
| Place of origin: | Iran, Asia |
| Category: | Dishes and trays |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects, Plates & Dishes |
| Address of auction |
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