Lot 126
  • 126

A Mamluk carved wood and ivory star panel, Egypt, 15th century

Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 GBP
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Description

of seven-pointed design carved with a stylised flowerhead made up of scrolling split-palmettes radiating from and returning to a central point, with an outer border of thin ivory fillets set into a wooden ground

Provenance

ex-European Private Collection

Condition

splits and cracks, knocks to extremities, overall good condition, as viewed
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