Enrica Medugno
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Lot 118R
A large Mamluk Revival silver and copper inlaid Qur'an box Egypt or Syria, 20th Century
22 May 2025, 11:00 BST
London, New Bond StreetSold for £2,560 inc. premium
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A large Mamluk Revival silver and copper inlaid Qur'an box
Egypt or Syria, 20th Century
Egypt or Syria, 20th Century
of rectangular form on four lobed feet, with hinged lid and clasp, the edges with applied bands and bosses, engraved and profusely inlaid in silver and copper, the sides with bands of inscription in thuluth on a ground of foliate interlace, the top of the lid with a rosette flanked by roundels, all containing inscriptions and on a ground of foliate interlace, the sloping edges and sides with further inscriptions
38 x 31.1 x 25 cm.
38 x 31.1 x 25 cm.
Footnotes
Inscriptions: 'izz li-mawlana al-sultan al-malik a/ al-'alim al-'amil al-mujahid / al-nasir muhammad bin qalawun/ sayf al-dunya wa al-din 'azza nasruhu, 'Glory to our lord, the Sultan, the King, the Learned, the Diligent, the Holy warrior, the Victorious Muhammad bin Qalawun, Sayf al-Dunya wa al-Din, may his victory be gloried'; Qur'an, chapter LIX (al-hashr), part of verse 23; mimma 'umila al-'abd .... sami ... [li]... sulayman fi qahirah al-'zzah ila al-maqam al-'ali amir al-fuqara, 'One of what was made by the servant (of God) .... Sami ... [for] ... Sulayman in Cairo to the glory/exalted high rank of the Chief of the poor'; 'izz li-mawlana al-sultan al-malik al-nasir muhammad bin/ qalawun al-'adil al-'amil al-murabit / al-mujahid sultan al-islam wa al-muslimin / qatil al-kufrah wa al-mushrikin 'azza nasruhu, 'Glory to our lord, the Sultan, the King, the Victorious Muhammad bin Qalawum, the Just, the Diligent, the Defender, the Holy warrior, the Sultan of Islam and the Muslims, the Slayer of infidels and polytheists, may his victory be glorified'; 'izz li-mawlana al-sultan al-malik al-'amil al-'alim al-mujahid al-murabit, 'Glory to our lord, the Sultan, the King, the Diligent, the Learned, the Holy warrior the Defender'; al-nasir muhammad bin qalawun, 'The Victorious Muhammad bin Qalawun'.
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