IRAQ, 13TH CENTURY

细节

A MOSUL SILVER INLAID BRASS HANDLE
IRAQ, 13TH CENTURY
Of curving tubular form, the spine finely engraved and inlaid with a series of seven roundels each depicting a planet on a ground of scrolling vine, flanked by key-pattern and scrolling vine bands, the underside with a continuous wheatsheaf design, areas of corrosion, inlay almost all remaining
7 3/8in. (18.6cm.) high

来源

The Madina Collection, gift of Camilla Chandler Frost

注意事项

VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium.

拍品专文

The figures along the spine appear to be the planets. The central figure is certainly the moon, and that above it with a sword raised over its head is Mars. The quality of work on this handle is extremely fine; considerably more elaborate than that found on most ewer handles of the period. The original ewer for which it was made must have been spectacular.