A GILDED TOLEDO STEEL ALHAMBRA-STYLE VASE

Lot 23
25.04.2024 10:00UTC +00:00
Classic
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£ 6 930
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Lieu de l'événementRoyaume-Uni, London
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Lot 23 | A GILDED TOLEDO STEEL ALHAMBRA-STYLE VASE
Valeur estimée
£ 5 000 – 7 000
A GILDED TOLEDO STEEL ALHAMBRA-STYLE VASE

SPAIN, CIRCA 1880

The steel body damascened with a dense overall decoration, the central register with a band of kufic alternating with geometric rosettes, inscriptions above and below, the gently widening neck decorated with an arcade containing Nasrid-style shields, rising to an everted mouth, the two handles with a polylobed interior, the elongated foot splayed at the base

8 3⁄8in. (21.4cm.) high





Inscribed

Repeats of versions of the Nasrid motto, 'And there is no victor but God'.
Around the body al-‘izz wa’l-da’im [sic] wa’l-iqbal wa’l-sa‘ada wa’l-salama wa’l-sahha wa’l-ni’ma wa’l-ra’fa wa’l-raha wa’l-nusra wa’l-dawla wa’l-rahma wa’l-‘umr li-sahibihi, 'Perpetual and glory [sic] and prosperity and happiness and well-being and health and favour and kindness and ease and victory and wealth and mercy and life for its owner’
sahibuhu shams al-din bin taj al-din farsi, 'Its owner Shams al-Din bin Taj al-Din Farsi'
In a small cartouche sahibuhu husayn 'Its owner Husayn'
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