Lot 166Ф,Y
An Egyptian architectural ivory-inlaid picture frame by Isma'il il Ridwan Egypt, dated AH 1301/AD 1882-83, with presentation date April 1937
25 October 2021, 11:00 BST
London, New Bond Street£4,000 - £5,000
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An Egyptian architectural ivory-inlaid picture frame by Isma'il il Ridwan
Egypt, dated AH 1301/AD 1882-83, with presentation date April 1937
Egypt, dated AH 1301/AD 1882-83, with presentation date April 1937
in the form of a gateway, the doors mounted with openwork steel panels with vegetal interlace, the walls inlaid with ivory tiles and decoration, the windows with mashribiyya screens and turned ivory columns, an inscription-filled cartouche above the gateway, further inscription-filled panels to each side, the lower section with three later added panels containing presentation inscriptions, the two doors sliding open with the aid of a brass wheel to the side to reveal a picture frame
70 cm. high; 65 cm. wide
70 cm. high; 65 cm. wide
Footnotes
Inscriptions: to the top panel, Qur'an, sura VII, al-a'raf, part of verse 54; to the side panels, ra's al-hikmah/makhafat allah, 'The peak of wisdom is fear of God', sanah 1305/sana'at isma'il ridwan, 'The year 1305 (1887-8), work of Isma'il Ridwan'; to the lower panels, hadiyyah tadhkariyyah/ abril sanah 1937, 'Souvenir gift, April of the year 1937', min 'ummal al-qism al-mikaniki bi-shirkat miyah al-qahirah, 'From the workers of the Mechanic Department to the Water Company of Cairo'.