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Covered inkwell - Davât Eastern Iran, Khorassan, probably 13…
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Covered inkwell - Davât Eastern Iran, Khorassan, probably 13…
See original version (French)
Estimate €1,500 - €2,000
Voluntary lot
Description
Covered inkwell - Davât
Eastern Iran, Khorassan, probably 13th-14th century
A cylindrical bronze or cast brass vessel, partially inlaid with silver, with an interlocking lid topped by a bulbous knob. The body is decorated with two horizontal registers of inscriptions in kufic script on a background of foliate arabesques. Three rings connect the lid to the body.
Size: 9.5 x 8 cm; (3.7 x 3.1 in.).
Provenance :
Private collection, Paris.
This type of metal inkwell belongs to a production well attested in Khorassan and eastern Iran in the medieval period. For more information, see Melikian-Chirvani, A.S.,1973, Le bronze iranien - Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris: Hemmerlé, Petit & Cie, pp. 22-23.
A silver-inlaid bronze inkwell of cylindrical form with Kufic inscriptions on a ground of foliate scrolls. Eastern Iran, Khurasan, probably 13th-14th century.
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