PERIOD:
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13th Century
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ORIGIN:
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In Northern Mesopotamia
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DIMENSIONS:
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30 x 17 Cm Approximately
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DESCRIPTION:
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Al-Jazira also known as Jazirat Aqur or Iqlim Aqur, was a province of the Rashidun, Umayyad and Abbasid caliphates, spanning at minimum most of Upper Mesopotamia (al-Jazira proper), divided between the districts of Diyar Bakr, Diyar Rabi’a and Diyar Mudar, and at times including Mosul,
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Footnotes:
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The door handle is in the form of an OX conjoin throne with a looped ring attached ox’s inlet and back-to-back, their scaly bodies knotted and terminating in a sore ox head with the extraordinarily inscribed Quranic and motifs engraved seal above the ring.
The mechanical genius al-Jazari installed similar door handles in the palace in nearby Diyarbakir and paired dragons or ox’s are often found on doors, over gateways, and engraved on utility ware in the province of Jazira – even on an Artuqid coin from Diyarbakir.
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PROVENANCE:
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Acquired from a private collection in Monaco
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CERTIFICATE:
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Comes with a certificate from the Art Loss Register
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