Lot 236
An Ottoman carved marble Capital Turkey, 17th/18th Century
10 April 2008, 14:30 BST
London, New Bond StreetSold for £2,160 inc. premium
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Turkey, 17th/18th Century
Turkey, 17th/18th Century
of octagonal section with flaring sides and recessed centre, carved in low relief around the sides with muqarnas motif
18.5 cm. high x 29.2 cm. diam.
18.5 cm. high x 29.2 cm. diam.
Footnotes
Similar capitals can be seen in Istanbul and at the Selim Mosque in Edirne designed by Sinan for Selim II, son of Suleyman the Magnificent (H. Stierlin, Turkey: From the Seljuks to the Ottomans, Cologne, 2002, pp. 175 and 188).