A LARGE MAMLUK ENGRAVED BRASS BASIN, EGYPT OR SYRIA, LATE 15TH–EARLY 16TH CENTURY

A LARGE MAMLUK ENGRAVED BRASS BASIN, EGYPT OR SYRIA, LATE 15TH–EARLY 16TH CENTURY
A LARGE MAMLUK ENGRAVED BRASS BASIN, EGYPT OR SYRIA, LATE 15TH–EARLY 16TH CENTURY
A LARGE MAMLUK ENGRAVED BRASS BASIN, EGYPT OR SYRIA, LATE 15TH–EARLY 16TH CENTURY
A LARGE MAMLUK ENGRAVED BRASS BASIN, EGYPT OR SYRIA, LATE 15TH–EARLY 16TH CENTURY
A LARGE MAMLUK ENGRAVED BRASS BASIN, EGYPT OR SYRIA, LATE 15TH–EARLY 16TH CENTURY
A LARGE MAMLUK ENGRAVED BRASS BASIN, EGYPT OR SYRIA, LATE 15TH–EARLY 16TH CENTURY
A LARGE MAMLUK ENGRAVED BRASS BASIN, EGYPT OR SYRIA, LATE 15TH–EARLY 16TH CENTURY
A LARGE MAMLUK ENGRAVED BRASS BASIN, EGYPT OR SYRIA, LATE 15TH–EARLY 16TH CENTURY

A LARGE MAMLUK ENGRAVED BRASS BASIN, EGYPT OR SYRIA, LATE 15TH–EARLY 16TH CENTURY

Category

Furniture

Price Ranges £25,001 and Above

Vases

Price Ranges

Reference

1389

Of deep rounded form with an everted rim, this impressive Mamluk brass basin is richly engraved throughout. The exterior is decorated with four inscription-filled cartouches alternating with circular roundels containing heraldic blazons, all set against a finely executed ground of split-palmette interlace. A continuous band of trefoil motifs encircles the foot. The interior is similarly ornamented with roundels and partial cartouches filled with intricate vegetal and geometric interlace.

Diameter: 55.3 cm

Provenance

Christie’s, Art of the Islamic and Indian Worlds, 9 October 2014, lot 23.

Inscriptions

The inscriptions include a verse from an Arabic poem and the name of the original owner: mimma ‘umila bi-rasm al-mu‘allim Muhammad ibn al-Hajj Muhyi al-Din yarju al-maghfara min… (“What was made for the teacher Muhammad ibn al-Hajj Muhyi al-Din, who seeks forgiveness from…”).

Dimensions:

Diameter 55.3 cm / 22"
Period

LATE 15TH–EARLY 16TH CENTURY

Country

EGYPT OR SYRIA

Provenance

Christie’s, Art of the Islamic and Indian Worlds, 9 October 2014, lot 23