AN OTTOMAN SILVER TRAY
AN OTTOMAN SILVER TRAY

WITH MAKER'S MARK OF MATAT GAZAROSYAN, PROBABLY EGYPT, PERIOD OF SULTAN 'ABD AL-HAMID II (R.1876-1909)

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AN OTTOMAN SILVER TRAY
WITH MAKER'S MARK OF MATAT GAZAROSYAN, PROBABLY EGYPT, PERIOD OF SULTAN 'ABD AL-HAMID II (R.1876-1909)
Of oval form, with handles, the engraved decoration with four medallions of knotted bands, on a ground of scrolling tendrils arranged around a central tughra of sultan Abdulhamid II (r.1876-1909) within a wreath flanked by two crescent moon and star motifs, with maker's mark Matat Gazarosyan
20in. (51cm.) across including handles

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Lot Essay

Matat Gazarosyan is recorded as a maker from Misir in Garo Kürkman, Ottoman Silver Marks, Istanbul, 1996, p.95. For other silver pieces by Matat Gazarosyan see lot 841.

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