6th Mar, 2021 10:00

TWO-DAY AUCTION - Fine Chinese Art / 中國藝術集珍 / Buddhism & Hinduism

 
  Lot 737
 

737

A LARGE INSCRIBED MAMLUK BRASS BASIN, 14TH – 16TH CENTURY

Sold for €2,275

including Buyer's Premium


Lot details

Syria or Egypt. Of deep rounded form with a slightly raised central omphalos (boss), the interior overall neatly incised in thuluth with extensive inscriptions, the exterior with circumferential lines.

Provenance: From an old Austrian private collection, by repute acquired before 1930. Inscribed ‘EX 16’ to underside.
Condition: Overall good condition with old wear, minor nicks and scratches, one tear to the rim, small losses, old patina.

Weight: 3,617 g
Dimensions: Diameter 52 cm, Height 23 cm

Literature comparison: Compare with a Mamluk philae dish, dated c. 1345-1360, in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, accession number 2014.589. Compare also with a related brass salver, dated to the 15th-16th century, in the collection of the British Museum, museum number 1878,1230.711.

Auction result comparison: Compare with a related brass basin from the 14th-15th century at Sotheby’s London, in Arts of the Islamic World, on 6 October 2010, lot 183, sold for GBP 103,250.

 

Syria or Egypt. Of deep rounded form with a slightly raised central omphalos (boss), the interior overall neatly incised in thuluth with extensive inscriptions, the exterior with circumferential lines.

Provenance: From an old Austrian private collection, by repute acquired before 1930. Inscribed ‘EX 16’ to underside.
Condition: Overall good condition with old wear, minor nicks and scratches, one tear to the rim, small losses, old patina.

Weight: 3,617 g
Dimensions: Diameter 52 cm, Height 23 cm

Literature comparison: Compare with a Mamluk philae dish, dated c. 1345-1360, in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, accession number 2014.589. Compare also with a related brass salver, dated to the 15th-16th century, in the collection of the British Museum, museum number 1878,1230.711.

Auction result comparison: Compare with a related brass basin from the 14th-15th century at Sotheby’s London, in Arts of the Islamic World, on 6 October 2010, lot 183, sold for GBP 103,250.

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