A LARGE MAMLUK BRASS BASIN

CAIRO, EGYPT, WITH DATE OF AH 920/1514-15 AD

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A LARGE MAMLUK BRASS BASIN
CAIRO, EGYPT, WITH DATE OF AH 920/1514-15 AD
The engraved decoration consisting of a large register with calligraphic inscriptions in thuluth script interspersed with floriated roundels, a register of hanging stylised palmettes below, an owner inscription in thuluth script giving a name, the place of Cairo and the date of AH 920, the lip reinforced
18.3/4in. (47.5cm.) diam.

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Around the wall: 'Al-maqarr al-ashraf al-karim al-'ali / al-mawlawi al-kabiri al-ma / liki al-'alimi al-'amili al-makhdumi / al-mujahidi al-muthaghiri [a]l-humami'.

Under the base: 'Mimma 'umila bi rasm al-faqir ila akram Allah ta'ala [..] Sulayman bin Ahmad al-Tahiri al-Sa'di (?) bi madinat Masr sana AH 920' (this was made for Sulayman in Ahmad al-Tahiri al_Sa'di in the city of Masr (Cairo) in AH 920).