ID 727163
Lot 29 | A VERY LARGE MAMLUK SILVER AND GOLD INLAID BRASS BOWL IN THE NAME OF AMIR QAJA
Estimate value
£ 100 000 – 150 000
EGYPT OR SYRIA, 1351-54 AD
With rounded base and sloping inverted sides leading to a thickened rim, the shoulder engraved with a band of bold thuluth inscription interrupted by six scalloped roundels with intricate foliate scrolls, three of them with thick leaves forming stylised avian shapes with a central blason consisting of three registers, the upper level with a duck, the middle with a sword and the lower left empty, the three other roundels each with a large lotus flower surrounded by five-petalled rosette and composite flowers, a lower band of dense interlaced motifs issuing inverted drop shapes, the interior of the bowl with a central scalloped medallion decorated with swirling fishes and dots, this medallion and the exterior under a varnish, rubbing on the surface, minor knocks and scratches
20 7⁄8in. (52.9cm.) diam.; 81⁄4in. (21cm.) high
Provenance
Edward Falkener, circa 1844, thence by descent
| Applied technique: | Metalwork |
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| Medium: | Brass, Gold, Silver |
| Art style: | Mamluk (1250-1517) |
| Place of origin: | Egypt, Africa |
| Category: | Bowls |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects |
| Applied technique: | Metalwork |
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| Medium: | Brass, Gold, Silver |
| Art style: | Mamluk (1250-1517) |
| Place of origin: | Egypt, Africa |
| Category: | Bowls |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects |
| Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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