17the Century

Probably Egypt/Turkey

30.5 Cm

AN OTTOMAN BRONZE  SCRIBE’S PEN BOX (DIVIT),DATED,1221 HJ EGYPT OR TURKEY, 17TH CENTURY

of elongated form, with a bulbous inkwell of rectangular section with chamfered corners, decorated with cursive script, only partly decipherable, in oblong cartouches filled with arabesques, stamped with tughra.

Acquired by the present owner in London, 6 April 1995.