Lot Essay
The inscription in kufic around the base of this inkwell includes benedictory phrases in Arabic.
A similar cylindrical container is in the Keir Collection (Geza Fehérvári, Islamic Metalwork of the Eighth to the Fifteenth Century in the Keir Collection, London, 1976, no.130, pp.104-05, pl.43b).
A similar cylindrical container is in the Keir Collection (Geza Fehérvári, Islamic Metalwork of the Eighth to the Fifteenth Century in the Keir Collection, London, 1976, no.130, pp.104-05, pl.43b).