AN IVORY AND EBONY-INLAID WOODEN PANEL

Lot 30
01.05.2025 11:00UTC +01:00
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ID 1404671
Lot 30 | AN IVORY AND EBONY-INLAID WOODEN PANEL
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£ 120 000 – 180 000
AN IVORY AND EBONY-INLAID WOODEN PANEL
MAMLUK EGYPT, 15TH CENTURY
The rectangular panel of carved wood inlaid with sections of ebony and ivory to form a repeating geometric pattern of offset rows of full and half shamsas, wooden panels above and below decorated with knotted polygonal ivory panels, set within modern painted-wooden frame
63 3/8 x 20in. (161 x 51cm.)




Provenance

Monsieur Jean Paul Croisier, Geneva, Switzerland, 1960s



Literature

Toby Falk (ed.), Treasures of Islam, Geneva, 1985, 'Additional Exhibits' no.576 (height published incorrectly), p.396



Exhibited

Treasures of Islam, The Musée d’Art et d’Histoire, Geneva, 25 June - 27 October 1985
On loan to the Institut du Monde Arabe, Paris, 1993-2002
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