Arts of the Islamic World & India including Fine Rugs and Carpets
Arts of the Islamic World & India including Fine Rugs and Carpets
AN OTTOMAN LEATHER-COVERED DOMED CYLINDRICAL BOX, TURKEY, PROBABLY 19TH CENTURY
Auction Closed
October 27, 04:55 PM GMT
Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 GBP
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AN OTTOMAN LEATHER-COVERED DOMED CYLINDRICAL BOX, TURKEY, PROBABLY 19TH CENTURY
the wooden body of cylindrical form with hinged domed lid, decorated with a shaped leather exterior featuring stylised foliate designs, brass finial and hinges, textile lining to interior
20.5cm. height; 10.5cm. diam.
Ex-collection Oliver Hoare (1945-2018).
Leather vessels, of nomadic origin, were widely used in the Ottoman empire. Perhaps the most splendid example is a flask of gilded and appliquéd leather, presented around 1590 by Sultan Murad III (r.1574-95) to the Holy Roman Emperor Rudolf II (r.1576-1612) and now in the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna (inv. no.C.28, see Roxburgh 2005, p.365, no.357).