An Ilkhanid/Timurid openwork gilded crown 13-14th century
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An Ilkhanid/Timurid openwork gilded Crown
Persia, 13th/14th Century
of convex form, with straight sides and base, the top edge lobed with central peak, attachment for a ribbon or band to either side, with openwork panel formed of circles enclosing diamonds with four-petalled flower to top
14.5 x 8.5 cm.
Estimate:
£4,000 - 6,000
€4,700 - 7,100
US$ 6,100 - 9,100

Footnotes

  • The pattern of the openwork on this crown may be seen on a 13th century mirror attributable to Fars in the Victoria and Albert Museum (inv. no. M14-1950) and is an early geometric pattern widely used on early Islamic Iranian bell-metal wares. The same mirror also features puffy-cheeked figures wearing tri-lobed crowns much like ours, of a type which may be seen on Iranian wares of the 13th century (Melikian-Chirvani, Islamic Metalwork from the Iranian World 8-18th Centuries, London, 1982, no. 105, p. 230).

Category: Islamic and Oriental Art / Islamic and Indian Art

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