Bassin Mamelouk en cuivre, Egypte ou Syrie XIV-XVe siècle A...
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Bassin Mamelouk en cuivre, Egypte ou Syrie XIV-XVe siècle
A large Mamluk copper basin, Egypt or Syria, 14th/15th Century
of deep rounded form, profusely engraved and decorated with inscription-filled cartouches interspersed by further cartouches and bands filled with geometric motifs
34.5 cm. diam.
Provenance
Property from a Royal Collection.
Inscriptions: Repeat of an Arabic phrase, Ya tal'at al-qamar al-munir ..., 'O you who has the face of a bright moon!'
A similar Mamluk basin, dated to the 15th/ 16th Century, is in the British Museum, London (Accession Number 1957,0802.3). For a comparable tinned-copper bowl offered at Bonhams, London, see Islamic and Indian Art, 7 October 2010, lot 150.
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PROPERTY FROM A ROYAL COLLECTION
Bassin Mamelouk en cuivre, Egypte ou Syrie XIV-XVe siècle
A large Mamluk copper basin, Egypt or Syria, 14th/15th Century
of deep rounded form, profusely engraved and decorated with inscription-filled cartouches interspersed by further cartouches and bands filled with geometric motifs
34.5 cm. diam.
Provenance
Property from a Royal Collection.
Inscriptions: Repeat of an Arabic phrase, Ya tal'at al-qamar al-munir ..., 'O you who has the face of a bright moon!'
A similar Mamluk basin, dated to the 15th/ 16th Century, is in the British Museum, London (Accession Number 1957,0802.3). For a comparable tinned-copper bowl offered at Bonhams, London, see Islamic and Indian Art, 7 October 2010, lot 150.
