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拍品专文
The outer line of the inscription is the bismillah followed by Qur'an sura iii, v.18 and part of v.19. The inner line reads bismillah, this is the grave of al-Hasan, followed by Qur'an sura iii, v.185. No date of death is given.
There is a marble sarcophagus lid in the al-Sabah Collection in Kuwait which has similar kufic and the same koranic verse in the central cartouche also within the same cusped arches at each end (Jenkins, Marilyn: Islamic Art in the Kuwait National Museum, London, 1983, p.74; Seipel, Wilfried: Schätze der Kalifen, Islamische Kunst zur Fatimidenzeit, Vienna, 1998, no.135, pp.164-5 with incorrect caption). It is dated AH 501/1107-8AD, and is attributed to Egypt.
There is a marble sarcophagus lid in the al-Sabah Collection in Kuwait which has similar kufic and the same koranic verse in the central cartouche also within the same cusped arches at each end (Jenkins, Marilyn: Islamic Art in the Kuwait National Museum, London, 1983, p.74; Seipel, Wilfried: Schätze der Kalifen, Islamische Kunst zur Fatimidenzeit, Vienna, 1998, no.135, pp.164-5 with incorrect caption). It is dated AH 501/1107-8AD, and is attributed to Egypt.