A TIMURID GOLD AND SILVER-INLAID BRASS JUG (MASHRABE), HERAT, AFGHANISTAN, EARLY 16TH CENTURY
A TIMURID GOLD AND SILVER-INLAID BRASS JUG (MASHRABE)
HERAT, AFGHANISTAN, EARLY 16TH CENTURY
Cast brass, the exterior densely engraved and inlaid in silver and gold with registers of floral interlace within lobed cartouches, with added similarly engraved European base and neck
The Timurid jug 5 1/8in. (13cm.) high; with later additions 9 ¾in. (24.7cm.) high
View it on
Sale price
Estimate
Time, Location
Auction House
A TIMURID GOLD AND SILVER-INLAID BRASS JUG (MASHRABE)
HERAT, AFGHANISTAN, EARLY 16TH CENTURY
Cast brass, the exterior densely engraved and inlaid in silver and gold with registers of floral interlace within lobed cartouches, with added similarly engraved European base and neck
The Timurid jug 5 1/8in. (13cm.) high; with later additions 9 ¾in. (24.7cm.) high