DESCRIPTION: | Comprising two sections, the round openwork knocker with pierced central aperture and curved edges, decorated with raised tear-form bosses, with straight hook for hanging, the plate with engraved motifs and arabesque’s band.Condition Reports;Both in generally good condition, the plate with some traces of oxidisation, the reverse heavily abraded, the door knocker also with some abrasions, notably on section;Footnotes;
For further examples on Mamluk door knockers and the multitude of shapes that they take on, please see the pair in the Khalili Collection, London (inv. no. MTW 1585), the David Collection, Copenhagen (inv. no. 32/1997), the Kuwait National Museum (Dar al-Athar al-Islamiyah), inv. nos. LNS724Ma and LNS724Mb, The Museum of Islamic Art, Cairo, inv. nos unknown (see L.E.M. Mols, Mamluk Metalwork Fittings in Their Artistic and Architectural Context, 2006, Doctoral Thesis, Leiden University, plates 264 and 265). |
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