AN AYYUBID BRASS OPENWORK DOMICAL SHAPE
PERIOD | EARLY 13th Century |
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ORIGIN: | JAZRIA MOSUL |
DIMENSIONS:: | 30 Height X 95 Diameter |
DESCRIPTION: | The full brass of a domical form with knop finial, the main body with the full intertwined arabesque’s openworkroundels against a key fret ground set with geometric florets, ropework lower rim with an open section on top. For a vessel with a similar design, see G. Fehervari, Islamic Metalwork of the 8th to the 15th Century in the Keir Collection, London, 1976, plate 41 (No.41B). |
PROVENANCE: | Private collections Paris |
CERTIFICATE: | Comes with a certificate from the Art Loss Register |
