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Lot 37
A large Mamluk engraved brass basin Egypt, with date AH 920/ AD 1514-15
14 November 2023, 11:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street£6,000 - £8,000
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A large Mamluk engraved brass basin
Egypt, with date AH 920/ AD 1514-15
Egypt, with date AH 920/ AD 1514-15
of deep rounded form with a reinforced rim, the rim decorated with engraved vegetal motifs, the walls with four bands of inscriptions interspersed with roundels containing floral and scroll motifs, the base with a band of geometric motifs and a later ownership inscription
47.6 cm. diam.
47.6 cm. diam.
Footnotes
Provenance
Christie's, Arts and Textiles of the Islamic and Indian Worlds, 11 April 2014, lot 140.
Inscriptions: around the body, al-maqarr al-ashraf al-karim al-'ali / al-mawlawi al-amiri al-kabiri al-ma/liki al-'alimi al-'amili al-makhdumi/ al-mujahidi al-murabi[t]i al-muthaghir[i] al-humami, 'The Noble Authority, the Honourable, the High, the Lord, the Great Commander, the Possessor, the Learned, the Diligent, the Well-served, the Holy warrior, the Defender, the Protector of frontiers, the Gallant'; to the base, hadha mimma 'umila bi-rasm al-faqir ila karam allah ta'ala sulayman bin khaljan bin ahmad al-tahir al-sa'di ... misr sana 'ashrin wa tis'ami'ah, 'This is one of what was made for the one needy of the generosity of the Mighty God Sulayman bin Khaljan bin Ahmad al-Tahir al-Sa'di ... Egypt, the year nine-hundred and twenty (1514-15)'.