A MAMLUK REVIVAL SILVER AND COPPER INLAID EWER (AFTABA) AND...
A MAMLUK REVIVAL SILVER AND COPPER INLAID EWER (AFTABA) AND WASH BASIN
Possibly Damascus, Syria, early 20th century
Both made of brass, the basin is of globular form with a broad brim; the ewer standing on a truncated conical foot and with globular body, hourglass-shaped neck, domed hinged lid and a curved handle and spout terminating in dragon heads, the surfaces inlaid with silver and copper wire highlighting lobed medallion reserves containing an endless-knot motif, eulogistic inscriptions in thuluth script and split palmettes in the interstices.
Ewer 47.5cm high; bowl 56cm high
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A MAMLUK REVIVAL SILVER AND COPPER INLAID EWER (AFTABA) AND WASH BASIN
Possibly Damascus, Syria, early 20th century
Both made of brass, the basin is of globular form with a broad brim; the ewer standing on a truncated conical foot and with globular body, hourglass-shaped neck, domed hinged lid and a curved handle and spout terminating in dragon heads, the surfaces inlaid with silver and copper wire highlighting lobed medallion reserves containing an endless-knot motif, eulogistic inscriptions in thuluth script and split palmettes in the interstices.
Ewer 47.5cm high; bowl 56cm high
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