An epigraphic brass tray with ducks figures, possibly Jazira, Iraq or Mamluk Syria, 14th century
Probably Jazira, Mamluk Iraq or Syria, 14th century
Circular and shallow, with a short, poly-lobed marli, the center formerly inlaid with silver, engraved with a central medallion animated with interlacing encircled by a frieze of ducks also repeated on the outer rim and between thuluth epigraphic cartouches.
Condition: wear
Diameter: 52 cm
Provenance :
Public sale, United Kingdom.
This lot is sold as a temporary import.
Inscriptions :
al-'izz wa'l-iqbal dama wa'l-baqa laka ayyuha / al-mawla al-kabir al-sha'n wa'l-majd wa'l-nasr al-mujaddad / khalid al-'alaka ya dha'l-fadl wa'l-ihsan 'izz yadum
May glory and prosperity be eternal and may life be long for you, Lord of authority and greatness, and may victory be renewed, may your superiority be eternal, O possessor of excellence and generosity. May glory be eternal.
'May glory and prosperity be eternal and long life for you, O Lord of great authority and grandeur and [may there be] renewed victory, [may] your superiority be everlasting, O possesseor of excellence and generosity. May glory be ever-lasting.'
An epigraphic brass tray with ducks figures, possibly Jazira, Iraq or Mamluk Syria, 14th century
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