Enrica Medugno
Senior Sale Coordinator
Lot 119R
A large Mamluk Revival silver-inlaid brass penbox Egypt or Syria, 20th Century
22 May 2025, 11:00 BST
London, New Bond StreetSold for £3,200 inc. premium
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A large Mamluk Revival silver-inlaid brass penbox
Egypt or Syria, 20th Century
Egypt or Syria, 20th Century
of rectangular form with hinged lid and clasp, the interior with compartments for ink and pens, profusely engraved and decorated in silver inlay to the exterior and interior with inscription-filled cartouches and roundels on grounds of geometric and foliate interlace
40.2 x 14.3 x 10.5 cm.
40.2 x 14.3 x 10.5 cm.
Footnotes
Inscriptions: 'izz li-mawlana al-sulta[n] al-malik al-malik al-muthaghir al-murabit al-mujahid...al-mansur, 'Glory to our lord, the Sultan, the King, the Possessor and (sic), the Protector of frontier, the Defender, the Holy warrior ...the Triumphant'; 'Qalawun'; al-sultan al-ashraf al-nasir al-mansur al-muthaghir al-mujahid al-muthaghir an-mansur, 'The Sultan, the most Noble, the Victorious, the Triumphant, the Protector of frontier, the Holy warrior, the Protector of frontier, the Triumphant'; 'izz li-mawlana al-sultan al-malik al-'abid, al-'alim...al-mau'ayyad (?), 'Glory to our lord, the Sultan, the King, the Devout, the Learner...the one helped (by God)?'; al-sultan al-ashraf, 'The Sultan, most Noble'; al-ashraf...al-mu'ayyad qalawun, 'The most Noble...the one helped (by God) Qalawun; al-malik/ al-nasir/ al-mu'ayyad/ al-hakim, 'The king/ the Victorious/ the one helped (by God)/ the Commander'; ...al-sultan al-ashraf al-nasir al-mansur al-muthaghir al-mujahid al-'amil al-'adil...al-nasir al-murabit al-mu'ayyad al-mansur ... 'azza ansarahu, '...The Sultan, the most Noble, the victorious, the Triumphant, the Protector of frontiers, the Holy warrior, the Diligent, the Just,..., the Victorious, the Defender, the one helped (by God), the Triumphant...may his victories by glorified'.
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