Lot Essay
The upper band of thuluth is from thr Qur'an, sura ix, v.111 (pt.), the lower band is inscribed 'ala nabi ya ayyuha alatheen amanu salu 'aleyhi wa salamu", which translates as .............. ......... ....... ....... ..... ........ .....
The compositon of this panel is very close to those on the famous kursi in the name of Sultan Muhammad b. Qala'un, dated AH 728/1327 AD in the Islamic Museum in Cairo. It has the same interlaced roundel enclosed by a cusped circle with quatrefoil cartouches at top and bottom, but instead of birds the cartouches here contain lotus flowers. The veins of the leaves in the scrolling ground are also engraved, as are those on the of the silver inlaid lotus flowers.
Wiet, Gaston: Objets en cuivre catalogue de musee arabe, Cairo 1932, pp.14-18, pl.1
The compositon of this panel is very close to those on the famous kursi in the name of Sultan Muhammad b. Qala'un, dated AH 728/1327 AD in the Islamic Museum in Cairo. It has the same interlaced roundel enclosed by a cusped circle with quatrefoil cartouches at top and bottom, but instead of birds the cartouches here contain lotus flowers. The veins of the leaves in the scrolling ground are also engraved, as are those on the of the silver inlaid lotus flowers.
Wiet, Gaston: Objets en cuivre catalogue de musee arabe, Cairo 1932, pp.14-18, pl.1