19th Jun, 2025 12:00
Arts of India and the Islamic Lands
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A SILVER-INLAID VENETO-SARACENIC BRASS BOWL
Possibly Mamluk Syria, late 15th century
A SILVER-INLAID VENETO-SARACENIC BRASS BOWL
Possibly Mamluk Syria, late 15th century
Of typical deep rounded shape with reinforced rim and convex base, the exterior engraved, inlaid in silver wire, and decorated with scrolling split palmettes against spiralling floral meanders on a cross-hatched ground, the rounded base with a radiating twelve-pointed stellar design issuing infinite knots, the rim engraved with thin bands of fretwork, the interior plain.
15.5cm diameter and 8cm high
Provenance:
Raoul Duseigneur (1845-1916), by whom sold 18 April 1897 by repute
Ancienne French Collection Charles Gillot (1853-1903)
Sold Christie's Paris, 5 March 2008, lot 28
Sold for £4,674
A SILVER-INLAID VENETO-SARACENIC BRASS BOWL
Possibly Mamluk Syria, late 15th century
Of typical deep rounded shape with reinforced rim and convex base, the exterior engraved, inlaid in silver wire, and decorated with scrolling split palmettes against spiralling floral meanders on a cross-hatched ground, the rounded base with a radiating twelve-pointed stellar design issuing infinite knots, the rim engraved with thin bands of fretwork, the interior plain.
15.5cm diameter and 8cm high
Provenance:
Raoul Duseigneur (1845-1916), by whom sold 18 April 1897 by repute
Ancienne French Collection Charles Gillot (1853-1903)
Sold Christie's Paris, 5 March 2008, lot 28
Auction: Arts of India and the Islamic Lands, 19th Jun, 2025
Our specialist auction Arts of India and the Islamic Lands is now online for you to browse, peruse and fall in love with your next antique.
Among the highlights, this sale vaunts a remarkable selection of Rajput Schools paintings and an illustrated loose folio from a Timurid Haft Paykar series, all part of a private Canadian collection; several gem-studded Indian necklaces, treasured heirlooms of a local family; a notable group of Islamic manuscripts, including a geomantic tome attributed to the Nubian alchemist Dhul-Nun al-Misri; and several lots of Persian Qajar lacquer belonging to the heir of a British diplomatic family in office under Sir Denis Wright in Tehran between 1971 - 1973.
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