A RARE SELJUK STEEL WITH A DEEP CARVING ARCHITECTURAL MOULD

PERIOD :

13th Century

ORIGIN:

Probably Central Anatolia Seljuk branch is known as the Sultanate of Rüm

DIMENSIONS:

35.5 Cm Hight

DESCRIPTION:

A rare Seljuk steel for restoring architectural mould, the veneer is finely performed with deep engraving, with a continuous and wearing aged border with scrolling vine and mythological animals with a central section of intertwining vine with zoomorphic heads.

FOOTNOTES:

The Strategy competition, Seljuk: Byzantium Besieged, 1068–1071 If you are looking for a game where you actively deploy, construct, and campaign as the Seljuks, you are likely thinking of Seljuk, Byzantium Besieged secondchancegseljuk-byzantium-besieged, -1068-1071. Anatolian Seljuk architecture, or simply Seljuk architecture,[a] refers to building activity that took place under the Sultanate of Rum (late 11th to 13th centuries), governed by an offshoot of the Seljuk dynasty. The Strategy Game: Seljuk: Byzantium Besieged, 1068–1071 If you are looking for a game where you actively deploy, construct, and campaign as the Seljuks, you are likely thinking of Seljuk: Byzantium Besieged secondchancegseljuk-byzantium-besieged, -1068-1071. A Sultanate in Anatolia Sultanate_of_Rum)the Zengids Zengid_dynasty) and Artuqids Artuqids) ruled in Northern Mesopotamia (Upper_Mesopotamiand nearby regions, and the Khwarazmian Empire Khwarazmian_Empire) ruled over Iran and Central Asia until the Mongol invasions Mongol_invasions_and_conquests) of the 13th century.[5] In addition to the Anatolian Seljuks, with their capital at Konya Konya), other local dynasties and principalities existed across Anatolia such as the Danishmendids Danishmendids) at Kayseri and Sivas, the Saltuqids at Erzurum (Erzurum) at Erzurum (Erzurum), and the Mengujekids in Divriği During the second half of the 12th century and the beginning of the 13th century, these other principalities were progressively conquered or assimilated by the Seljuks of Konya.

CONDITION REPORT:

Overoll in stable condition with a pitted surface and gravure scratches on edges,as viewed,

PROVENANCE:

Private collections, Acquired in the 1966,

CERTIFICATE:

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