A CAUCASIAN STEEL POWDER FLASK SIGNED MUHAMMAD, CAUCASUS, FIRST HALF...
A CAUCASIAN STEEL POWDER FLASK
SIGNED MUHAMMAD, CAUCASUS, FIRST HALF 19TH CENTURY
The curved body of oval section extensively overlaid with gold in stylised floral patterns, the spring cut-off decorated en-suite and stamped ‘work of’ (‘amal-i) and ‘Muhammad’, with gold-overlaid suspension loops and red strap
8in. (20.3 cm.) long excluding strap
Provenance
Howard Ricketts and Philippe Missilier, Splendeur des Armes Orientales, Paris, 1988, no.110
Howard Ricketts and David Sulzberger, Islamic Military Heritage, Nine centuries of Islamic Arms and Armour, Riyadh, 1991, p.43, no.231
Literature
Splendeur des Armes Orientales, Paris, 1988
Islamic Military Heritage, Nine centuries of Islamic Arms and Armour, Riyadh, 1991
A CAUCASIAN STEEL POWDER FLASK
SIGNED MUHAMMAD, CAUCASUS, FIRST HALF 19TH CENTURY
The curved body of oval section extensively overlaid with gold in stylised floral patterns, the spring cut-off decorated en-suite and stamped ‘work of’ (‘amal-i) and ‘Muhammad’, with gold-overlaid suspension loops and red strap
8in. (20.3 cm.) long excluding strap
Provenance
Howard Ricketts and Philippe Missilier, Splendeur des Armes Orientales, Paris, 1988, no.110
Howard Ricketts and David Sulzberger, Islamic Military Heritage, Nine centuries of Islamic Arms and Armour, Riyadh, 1991, p.43, no.231
Literature
Splendeur des Armes Orientales, Paris, 1988
Islamic Military Heritage, Nine centuries of Islamic Arms and Armour, Riyadh, 1991
