Sale 4914
London, South Kensington
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27 April 2012
Price realised
GBP 3,500
Estimate
A SAFAVID CUT-BRASS ELEMENT FROM A STANDARD ('ALAM) IRAN, EARLY 18TH CENTURY Of square form with bevelled top, each side with openwork decoration with calligraphic panel inscribed Ya Muhammad (O Muhammad), on floral scrolls and bordered with floral arabesques, the corners marked with tall bulbous finials, the top inscribed in thuluth and nasta'liq scripts, pierced at top and bottom to fit on the original 'alam shaft 9½in. (24.1cm.) high
Provenance
Formerly UK private collection formed in the late 1970s, acquired by the present owner in 1994
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