Deux plateaux Ottomans en cuivre étamé, Syrie XIXe siècle Two...
PROPERTY FROM A ROYAL COLLECTION
Deux plateaux Ottomans en cuivre étamé, Syrie XIXe siècle
Two large Ottoman tinned-copper chargers, Syria, 19th Century
each of circular form with flattened rims, the first profusely engraved with concentric bands containing vegetal and geometric designs; the second with a central roundel containing a six-pointed star surrounded by architectural and vegetal motifs
the larger 68.5 cm. diam.(2)
Provenance
Property from a Royal Collection.
Engraved copper chargers such as those featured within the present lot were for domestic use as portable tables. For a 19th Century copper tray from Syria in the Nasser D. Khalili collection also featuring a central six-pointed star, see M. Spink, Brasses, Bronze and Silver of the Islamic Lands, Vol XI, Part Four, London, 2022, pp. 1353-1354, Cat. 868.
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PROPERTY FROM A ROYAL COLLECTION
Deux plateaux Ottomans en cuivre étamé, Syrie XIXe siècle
Two large Ottoman tinned-copper chargers, Syria, 19th Century
each of circular form with flattened rims, the first profusely engraved with concentric bands containing vegetal and geometric designs; the second with a central roundel containing a six-pointed star surrounded by architectural and vegetal motifs
the larger 68.5 cm. diam.(2)
Provenance
Property from a Royal Collection.
Engraved copper chargers such as those featured within the present lot were for domestic use as portable tables. For a 19th Century copper tray from Syria in the Nasser D. Khalili collection also featuring a central six-pointed star, see M. Spink, Brasses, Bronze and Silver of the Islamic Lands, Vol XI, Part Four, London, 2022, pp. 1353-1354, Cat. 868.
