A LARGE CAIROWARE GOLD, SILVER AND COPPER INLAID BRASS KURSI
EGYPT, LATE 19TH CENTURY
In the Mamluk style, of hexagonal cylindrical form standing on knopped baluster feet supporting arched openings, an arched opening with two doors in the centre of one side, the surface covered with panels of silver and gold inlay and intricate pierced and incised decoration forming titular and dedicatory inscription bands and roundels, palmette scrolls, bird roundels and arabesques, fine fretwork interlace and other geometric and foliate motifs, very slight damages
32¼in. (82cm.) high; 17½in. (44.5cm.) diam.
A LARGE CAIROWARE GOLD, SILVER AND COPPER INLAID BRASS KURSI
EGYPT, LATE 19TH CENTURY
In the Mamluk style, of hexagonal cylindrical form standing on knopped baluster feet supporting arched openings, an arched opening with two doors in the centre of one side, the surface covered with panels of silver and gold inlay and intricate pierced and incised decoration forming titular and dedicatory inscription bands and roundels, palmette scrolls, bird roundels and arabesques, fine fretwork interlace and other geometric and foliate motifs, very slight damages
32¼in. (82cm.) high; 17½in. (44.5cm.) diam.
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