A MAMLUK TINNED COPPER CANTEEN Egypt, late 15th...
A MAMLUK TINNED COPPER CANTEEN
Egypt, late 15th - early 16th century
Of elongated oval form with faceted sides, the lid with circular handle, the base and lid incised with a frieze of pole medallions filled with thuluth inscription, geometric interlace and blazons, above and below a band of cable motif, around the handle two half-pole medallions and fish, 25.6 cm long by 14.5 cm high.
Provenance: Bonhams, 5 November 2014, Lot 52 and before that Prosper Holstein (1843-1926), Lyon.
Inscription: If you are patient love will achieve its ends, gradually raising itself to the highest level, without protestation. Patience is all you need
For a series of canteens with similar inscriptions, made for local emirs and merchants, please see Gaston Wiet, Catalogue du Musee Arabe, Objets en Cuivre, Cairo, 1932, nos. 3368, 3953, 3954, 8453, 8999, 9008. The inscriptions suggest that such canteens were intended for fetes champetres.
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A MAMLUK TINNED COPPER CANTEEN
Egypt, late 15th - early 16th century
Of elongated oval form with faceted sides, the lid with circular handle, the base and lid incised with a frieze of pole medallions filled with thuluth inscription, geometric interlace and blazons, above and below a band of cable motif, around the handle two half-pole medallions and fish, 25.6 cm long by 14.5 cm high.
Provenance: Bonhams, 5 November 2014, Lot 52 and before that Prosper Holstein (1843-1926), Lyon.
Inscription: If you are patient love will achieve its ends, gradually raising itself to the highest level, without protestation. Patience is all you need
For a series of canteens with similar inscriptions, made for local emirs and merchants, please see Gaston Wiet, Catalogue du Musee Arabe, Objets en Cuivre, Cairo, 1932, nos. 3368, 3953, 3954, 8453, 8999, 9008. The inscriptions suggest that such canteens were intended for fetes champetres.
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