TURKEY, LATE 18TH CENTURY

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AN OTTOMAN GILT-COPPER (TOMBAK) COVERED BOWL
TURKEY, LATE 18TH CENTURY
Of deep rounded form on short foot, the double curved domed cover with flowerbud knop, the body engraved and chased with a band of bold floral swags suspended from three tied bows, the cover with a similar continuous band of decoration around the rim, both the bowl and cover also engraved with a dedicatory inscription, gilding very slightly rubbed but generally very well preserved
9 1/8in. (23.2cm.) diam.

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Lot Essay

The inscription reads: Sahib Sufiye Khanum, sana 1202 (1785-6 AD)

Similar tombak covered bowls are in the Topkapi palace. A shallower version carries the date of 1818 (Topkapi à Versailles, exhibition catalogue, Paris, 1999, no.105, p.153). The present bowl is unusually well made and retains its original gilding almost untouched.

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