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Lot 92R

A Fars silver-inlaid brass bowl
Persia, 14th Century

26 October 2020, 11:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street

£3,000 - £4,000

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A Fars silver-inlaid brass bowl
Persia, 14th Century

with rounded base, inverted sides and flattened rim, engraved and decorated in silver inlay with a series of roundels containing mounted warriors within quatrefoils interspersed by cartouches containing inscriptions in thuluth all on a ground of scrolling tendrils, the base with pendant palmette cartouches, owners inscriptions to base
17.8 cm. diam.

Footnotes

Inscriptions: li-mawlana al-sultan/ al-a'zam malik riqab al-umam/al-sultan al-saltin al-'arab [wa] al-'ajam al-'alim, 'To our Master, the greatest Sultan, the one who curbs the necks of nations, the Sultan of the sultans of the 'Arabs [and] the Persians, the learned'; owner's name on the base, 'Muhammad Muqim'.

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Some countries e.g., the US, prohibit or restrict the purchase by its citizens (wherever located) and/or the import of certain types of Iranian-origin works. As a convenience to buyers, Bonhams has marked with the symbol R all lots of Iranian (Persian) origin. It is each buyer's responsibility to ensure that they do not bid or import a lot in contravention of the sanctions or trade embargoes that apply to them.

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