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PROPERTY OF A PRIVATE FRENCH COLLECTOR
AN EARLY SAFAVID GOLD INLAID ZINC TANKARD (MASHRABE/MAŞRAPA)
TABRIZ, NORTH WEST IRAN, PERIOD OF SHAH ISMA’IL I (1501-1527)
Details
AN EARLY SAFAVID GOLD INLAID ZINC TANKARD (MASHRABE/MAŞRAPA)
TABRIZ, NORTH WEST IRAN, PERIOD OF SHAH ISMA’IL I (1501-1527)
Of rounded body with a cylindrical neck and a short foot, the zinc body elegantly engraved and inlaid with gold, with four cusped medallions containing split palmette arabesques alternating with four half medallions of similar design on a stippled ground, the neck with cartouches of gold scrolling vine issuing split-palmettes against a ground with a scrolling vine in relief, two holes for a handle
4 ¼in. (10.2cm.) high
TABRIZ, NORTH WEST IRAN, PERIOD OF SHAH ISMA’IL I (1501-1527)
Of rounded body with a cylindrical neck and a short foot, the zinc body elegantly engraved and inlaid with gold, with four cusped medallions containing split palmette arabesques alternating with four half medallions of similar design on a stippled ground, the neck with cartouches of gold scrolling vine issuing split-palmettes against a ground with a scrolling vine in relief, two holes for a handle
4 ¼in. (10.2cm.) high
Provenance
By repute, Private Collection, Paris, 1860s
Private French collection, since 1988
Private French collection, since 1988
Literature
Bernd Augustin, "Die fruhe Bidri-Ware, Indisches Zink und seine Tauschierung," Indo-Asiatische Zeitschrift, Special Issue, 2023, pp. 6-84, illustrated p. 21, fig. 9.
Sale Room Notice
Please note that the present lot is published in Bernd Augustin, "Die fruhe Bidri-Ware, Indisches Zink und seine Tauschierung," Indo-Asiatische Zeitschrift, Special Issue, 2023, illustrated p. 21, fig. 9.
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