A KHURASAN SILVER INLAID BRONZE TRAY Khurasan, Iran, end of...
A KHURASAN SILVER INLAID BRONZE TRAY
Khurasan, Iran, end of 12th-beginning 13th century
Copper alloy, beaten into a rectangular form with an everted flat rim and deeply recessed octagonal base, extensively silver-inlaid and chased with epigraphic cartouches with thuluth inscriptions and a central medallion with arabesque amid toothed roundels.
2.6cm x 18.6cm x 31cm
The precise function of these trays remains uncertain, although they were probably intended as tops for small tables. Their recessed centres would have made them suitable for serving sweetmeats, nuts and other delicacies, while their use would have been particularly well suited to the floor-oriented social gatherings characteristic of the medieval Islamic world.
For similar examples:
Khalili Collection (acc. no. MTW 1363)
Sotheby’s, Arts of the Islamic World, London, 24 October 2007, lots 96 and 97)
Bonhams, see Islamic Works of Art, 21 April 1999, lot 199 and 6 October 2008, lots 169 and 170.
Rachel Ward, Islamic Metalwork, London, 1993, no. 55.
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A KHURASAN SILVER INLAID BRONZE TRAY
Khurasan, Iran, end of 12th-beginning 13th century
Copper alloy, beaten into a rectangular form with an everted flat rim and deeply recessed octagonal base, extensively silver-inlaid and chased with epigraphic cartouches with thuluth inscriptions and a central medallion with arabesque amid toothed roundels.
2.6cm x 18.6cm x 31cm
The precise function of these trays remains uncertain, although they were probably intended as tops for small tables. Their recessed centres would have made them suitable for serving sweetmeats, nuts and other delicacies, while their use would have been particularly well suited to the floor-oriented social gatherings characteristic of the medieval Islamic world.
For similar examples:
Khalili Collection (acc. no. MTW 1363)
Sotheby’s, Arts of the Islamic World, London, 24 October 2007, lots 96 and 97)
Bonhams, see Islamic Works of Art, 21 April 1999, lot 199 and 6 October 2008, lots 169 and 170.
Rachel Ward, Islamic Metalwork, London, 1993, no. 55.
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Time, Location
Auction House
