Cairo 14th-15th century A.D. A rare

Egypt

71 x 44 Cm Spike 17.Cm Approx Weight 85-KG

Of a rectangular marble shadow clock or sundial with three chamfered edges, scrolls and foliate tendrils framing panels of Kufic script to the sides reading, to the left ‘Mohammed is his messenger of God and to the right ‘There is no God but Allah’; also inscribed with the maker’s name to the front: Sheikh Abol Hassan Mansor Saif; with a sundial to the upper face framed by a rope border; brass spike in a form of the obelisk to the upper face to accept the gnomon. 

Museum of Islamic Art, Cairo, MIA no. 12630, for a later example. 64.7 kg, 71 cm wide (28 in.) From a distinguished collector.

In adequate overall condition, with some chips and abrasions around the edges associated with age, otherwise carving is crisp, deeply carved, clean and legible, as viewed.

From a distinguished collector in Monaco in Europe

Comes with a certificate from the Art Loss Register