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Lot 98W

A monumental gilt bronze Alhambra vase
Europe, 19th Century

22 May 2025, 11:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

£8,000 - £12,000

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A monumental gilt bronze Alhambra vase
Europe, 19th Century

of piriform on a tall base with four claw feet, the flaring neck flanked by two handles, profusely engraved and decorated with inscriptions, gazelles and foliate designs
111 cm. high

Footnotes

The design of the present vase replicates that of the Nasrid 'Gazelle Vase', one of the most famous of the 'Alhambra' ceramic vases created in the 13th-15th centuries. The vase became an icon of the rediscovery of Islamic Spain after its discovery in the late 18th Century and was replicated and adapted in various mediums (see Mariam Rosser-Owen, Islamic Arts from Spain, London, 2010, pp. 141-142).

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