AN OTTOMAN SILVER BOWL WITH DEPICTIONS OF THE TWELVE APOSTLES
AN OTTOMAN SILVER BOWL WITH DEPICTIONS OF THE TWELVE APOSTLES

TURKEY OR OTTOMAN PROVINCES, 18TH CENTURY

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AN OTTOMAN SILVER BOWL WITH DEPICTIONS OF THE TWELVE APOSTLES
TURKEY OR OTTOMAN PROVINCES, 18TH CENTURY
The central omphalos with a heraldic double headed eagle worked in repoussé, the exterior with the twelve apostles each contained within an individual arch
5in. (12.6cm.) diam.

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Lot Essay

A silver bowl decorated with the twelve apostles is in the Kalfayan Collection (Switzerland-Armenia. The Kalfayan Collection. On the Path of Memory, exhibition catalogue, Geneva, 2015, no.21, pp.104-05). Another sold Christie's, South Kensington, 11 October 2013, lot 880.

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