Lot 1
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An Ayyubid gold and silver-inlaid cast-brass incense burner cover, Jazira, probably Mosul, early 13th century

Estimate
5,000 - 8,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • gold and silver-inlaid brass
  • 10cm. max length.
of domical form with knop finial, main body with four openwork roundels against a keyfret ground set with gold-inlaid florets, ropework lower rim with open section for hinge

Condition

In good overall condition, silver and gold inlay largely intact, minor rubbing and abrasion, interior with light encrustation, as viewed.
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Catalogue Note

For a vessel with a similar design, see G. Fehervari, Islamic Metalwork of the 8th to the 15th Century in the Keir Collection, London, 1976, plate 41 (no.41b).