A MASSIVE SYRIAN TURQUOISE GLAZED TABOURET of hexagonal cylindrical form, the flat top plain, each of the six sides with a central pierced balustrade panel, a band of continuous knot around the top, a similar band of scrolling arabesque vine below, resting on cusped spandrels incised with scrolling motifs on turned feet, (repaired, slight restoration, areas of iridescence) | Christie's

Lot 284

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A MASSIVE SYRIAN TURQUOISE GLAZED TABOURET of hexagonal cylindrical form, the flat top plain, each of the six sides with a central pierced balustrade panel, a band of continuous knot around the top, a similar band of scrolling arabesque vine below, resting on cusped spandrels incised with scrolling motifs on turned feet, (repaired, slight restoration, areas of iridescence)

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A MASSIVE SYRIAN TURQUOISE GLAZED TABOURET of hexagonal cylindrical form, the flat top plain, each of the six sides with a central pierced balustrade panel, a band of continuous knot around the top, a similar band of scrolling arabesque vine below, resting on cusped spandrels incised with scrolling motifs on turned feet, (repaired, slight restoration, areas of iridescence)
16½in. (42cm.) high

Lot Essay

A related pice also attributed to Syria belongs to the David Collection (Inv. no. 21/1982; Folsach, K. von, Islamic Art, The David Collection, Copenhagen, 1990, p. 108, fig. 140).

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