A pair of Ottoman wire-inlaid coffee tables, Turkey, circa 1900

both of octagonal form, the top resting on a singular central column supported by three legs, all surfaces covered in a wire-inlaid floral design, the surface with floral motifs emanating from the centre comprising a vine leaf and grape design

both in very good condition. both have one or two very small chips to the edge of the surfaces.one has some minor losses to the very upper part of the column on which the top rests. both require some cleaning for the wire inlay, as viewed.
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For a comparable table (bearing the tughra of Sultan Mehmet V Rashad) see lot 191.