Trois plateaux, Egypte ou Syrie XIX-XXe siècle Three large chargers,...
PROPERTY FROM A ROYAL COLLECTION
Trois plateaux, Egypte ou Syrie XIX-XXe siècle
Three large chargers, Egypt or Syria, 19th/20th Century
comprising two of brass, variously engraved with arabesques, geometric motifs and inscriptions; and one of tinned copper with domed central boss, engraved with concentric bands of inscriptions and geometric motifs
the largest 70 cm. diam.(3)
Provenance
Property from a Royal Collection.
Inscriptions: in the cartouches, repeat of al-'a[limi] al-maliki, 'the learned, the possessor', to the centre, al-sultan al-'alima (sic) (the learned) al-sultan liki (?) al-'alima (sic) (the learned).
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PROPERTY FROM A ROYAL COLLECTION
Trois plateaux, Egypte ou Syrie XIX-XXe siècle
Three large chargers, Egypt or Syria, 19th/20th Century
comprising two of brass, variously engraved with arabesques, geometric motifs and inscriptions; and one of tinned copper with domed central boss, engraved with concentric bands of inscriptions and geometric motifs
the largest 70 cm. diam.(3)
Provenance
Property from a Royal Collection.
Inscriptions: in the cartouches, repeat of al-'a[limi] al-maliki, 'the learned, the possessor', to the centre, al-sultan al-'alima (sic) (the learned) al-sultan liki (?) al-'alima (sic) (the learned).
