Lot 76
A Mamluk silver-inlaid brass basin Egypt, Syria or possibly Sana, 14th/ 15th Century
25 October 2021, 11:00 BST
London, New Bond Street£6,000 - £8,000
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A Mamluk silver-inlaid brass basin
Egypt, Syria or possibly Sana, 14th/ 15th Century
Egypt, Syria or possibly Sana, 14th/ 15th Century
of cylindrical form with wide flaring rim and rounded base, the interior with a band of inscriptions in thuluth with medallions containing geometric motifs, all on a ground of floral vines, two bands of undulating vegetal motifs around the rim, the exterior with lobed medallions containing foliate motifs alternating with inscription-filled cartouches in thuluth
44 cm. diam.
44 cm. diam.
Footnotes
Provenance
Private European collection since the 1980s, thence by descent to the present owner.
Inscriptions: al-'izz wa al-iqbal /dama wa al-baqa laka/ ayyuha al-mawla al-kabir/ al-sh'an wa al-majd al-mujaddad khalid al-'ala'ka ya/ dha'l-fadl wa al-ihsan, 'Glory and everlasting prosperity and long-life to you O the master with great authority and renewed splendour, your rise eternal, O you possessed of excellence and generosity!', al-'izz wa al-iqbal da/ma wa al-baqa laka ayyuha/ al-mawla al-kabir al-majd wa al-sa'd al-mujaddad khalid a/ al-'ala'ka ya dha'l jud/ wa al-ihsan al-ladhi, 'Glory and everlasting prosperity and long-life to you O the master with great splendor and renewed felicity, your rise eternal O the one possessed of liberality and generosity, who'.