EGYPT, 11TH CENTURY

Details

A FATIMID BRONZE BUCKET
EGYPT, 11TH CENTURY
Of cylindrical form, the straight sides engraved with a band of kufic above a series of stylised roundels, losses to side and base
3 7⁄8in. (9.9cm.) high

Provenance

Private Italian Collection since 1982

Special notice

This lot has been imported from outside of the UK for sale and placed under the Temporary Admission regime. Import VAT is payable at 5% on the hammer price. VAT at 20% will be added to the buyer’s premium but will not be shown separately on our invoice.

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Lot Essay

A bucket with an upper band of calligraphy above a band of meandering palmette vine similar to that seen here is in the Keir Collection (G. Fehérvári, Islamic Metalwork of the Eighth to the Fifteenth Century in the Keir Collection, London, 1976, no.24, p.47 and pl.8b) although the present bucket is more ambitious than that example in terms of the quality and extent of the engraving. A further example is in the Victoria and Albert Museum (inv.no.M.25-1923).

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