OTTOMAN BALKANS, EARLY 17TH CENTURY

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A REPOUSSÉ SILVER-GILT BOWL
OTTOMAN BALKANS, EARLY 17TH CENTURY
Decorated throughout with split palmette and vegetal motifs, the cavetto with six repoussé and silver-gilt cartouches containing birds, the centre with a silver-gilt dome attached by a pin through the base, the plain exterior with a band of silver-gilt decoration below the rim, on an openwork foot, repaired crack
3in. (7.7cm.) diam.

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Lot Essay

The Ottoman Empire’s primary source of silver came from the Balkan nations. Serbia’s richest mine, Novo Brdo, fell to the Ottoman Empire in 1455, and in 1463 Mehmet the Conqueror seized control of Bosnia and it’s largest mine, Srebrenica. This marks the beginning of the blending of Balkan and Ottoman influences in silver work. A similar bowl was sold in these Rooms, 28 October 2020, lot 28.

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