Arts of the Islamic World
Arts of the Islamic World
A SILVER-INLAID BRASS JUG, MESOPOTAMIA, MOSUL, FIRST HALF 13TH CENTURY
Auction Closed
October 23, 04:16 PM GMT
Estimate
30,000 - 50,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
A SILVER-INLAID BRASS JUG, MESOPOTAMIA, MOSUL, FIRST HALF 13TH CENTURY
of pear-shaped form, slightly everted cylindrical neck and gently splayed foot, silver-inlaid decoration comprising lobed medallions containing various court entertainers, including musicians, neck with frieze of human-headed Kufic inscription, interior with old collector's label 'H. Kevorkian Collection 585', underside of foot with scratched '1900'
20.5cm. height.
15cm. max. diam.
Ex-collection Hagop Kevorkian (1872-1962), indicated by collection label.
inscriptions
al-‘izz ‘Glory’ and al-qa’im ‘Firm’, the rest undecipherable
The globular shape and flared foot resemble item 55 from the Keir Collection (Fehérvári 1976, pp.63-64). Similar vases previously sold at Sotheby’s include lot 116 from 22 November 1976 and lot 229 from 7 December 1976. The inscription of the latter echoes the present lot.