An Islamic mortar Engraved cast bronze with... Lot 515

An Islamic mortar Engraved cast bronze with red pigment and traces of sinter on the interior and base. With protruding base and rim. Decorated with calligraphic inscriptions in cartouche motifs amid tendrils in three sections separated by horizontal mouldings. The base and rim with calligraphic inscriptions separated by depictions of birds in medallions on hatched backgrounds. H 13, D 18.7 cm, weight c. 4.6 kg. Attributed to Iran, presumably 14th C. Literature Cf. Launert, Der Mörser, Munich 1990, p. 47. Cf. Victoria and Albert Museum London, acc. no. 948-1886.