AN ALHAMBRA-STYLE VASE

Lot 22
25.04.2024 10:00UTC +00:00
Classic
Prix de départ
£ 7 000
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Lieu de l'événementRoyaume-Uni, London
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Lot 22 | AN ALHAMBRA-STYLE VASE
Valeur estimée
£ 7 000 – 10 000
AN ALHAMBRA-STYLE VASE

SPAIN, 19TH CENTURY

The stucco body moulded and electroplated with a copper alloy, the central register with a band of elaborate florated kufic, with dense overall arabesque above and below, the gently widening neck with vertical panels with further decoration, rising to an everted mouth, with two broad handles decorated on both sides with cusped cartouches enclosing a repeated motif within strapwork border, on an ebony pedestal

30 ¾in. (78cm.) high





Inscribed

In the blazons the Nasrid motto wa-la ghalib allah 'and there is no victor but God'
In the arch above these wa li-kull shidda '... and for every hardship...'
In the kufic upper band ghibda (?) 'felicity(?)'
In the kufic lower band 'afiha ('afiya?) 'health(?)'
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8 King Street, St. James's
SW1Y 6QT London
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