MAMLUK EGYPT, 14TH CENTURY

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AN IVORY-INLAID CARVED WOODEN PANEL
MAMLUK EGYPT, 14TH CENTURY
Deeply carved with a central arabesque on a ground of scrolling vine, within minor geometric borders with ivory-inlaid edging, the reverse with previous collection stickers
6 ¾in. (17.2cm.) high

Provenance

Art Musulman, Joseph Soustiel, Paris, circa 1950

Special notice

Prospective purchasers are advised that several countries prohibit the importation of property containing materials from endangered species, including but not limited to coral, ivory and tortoiseshell. Accordingly, prospective purchasers should familiarize themselves with relevant customs regulations prior to bidding if they intend to import this lot into another country.

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Lot Essay

A very closely related Mamluk wood panel is in the British Museum, dated to the 14th-15th century (1943,0710.19, purchased by them at Sotheby’s, 20 May 1943, lot 139). So similar are the panels in design, with the central arabesque on a ground of scrolling vine, and with the two ivory bands enclosing a geometric border that the two must come from the same original structure.

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