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Lot Essay
The inscription reads, al-maqarr al-karim al-'ali al-mawlawi (al-ma) , al-maliki al-'alimi al-mukhtara[mi] al-makhdumi, 'For the Honourable Authority, the High, the Lordly, the Posessor, the Learned, the Revered, the Well Served'.
The repairs to the body of this bottle indicate that at one stage it had been converted to a ewer. The present form, depsite the later neck and mouth, is closer to the original concept. A bottle of similar form with the name of Sultan Hassan can be found in the Museum of Islamic Art in Cairo (inv. No. 15111; Esin Atil, Renaissance of Islam. Art of the Mamluks, Washington D.C., 1981, no. 31, p. 98). Not only does the present bottle relate to the Cairo example in form, but also bears similarity in the basis of the decorative registers, notably the central register with large inscription broken by cusped medallions.
The repairs to the body of this bottle indicate that at one stage it had been converted to a ewer. The present form, depsite the later neck and mouth, is closer to the original concept. A bottle of similar form with the name of Sultan Hassan can be found in the Museum of Islamic Art in Cairo (inv. No. 15111; Esin Atil, Renaissance of Islam. Art of the Mamluks, Washington D.C., 1981, no. 31, p. 98). Not only does the present bottle relate to the Cairo example in form, but also bears similarity in the basis of the decorative registers, notably the central register with large inscription broken by cusped medallions.