• Art of the Islamic and Indian  auction at Christies

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    Art of the Islamic and Indian Worlds

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    20 October 2016

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    • AN OTTOMAN SILVER BOWL WITH DE
    Lot 161

    AN OTTOMAN SILVER BOWL WITH DEPICTIONS OF THE TWELVE APOSTLES

    TURKEY OR OTTOMAN PROVINCES, 18TH CENTURY

    Price realised

    GBP 8,750

    Estimate

    GBP 4,000 - GBP 6,000

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    AN OTTOMAN SILVER BOWL WITH DEPICTIONS OF THE TWELVE APOSTLES
    TURKEY OR OTTOMAN PROVINCES, 18TH CENTURY
    The central omphalos with a heraldic double headed eagle worked in repoussé, the exterior with the twelve apostles each contained within an individual arch
    5in. (12.6cm.) diam.

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    Lot Essay

    A silver bowl decorated with the twelve apostles is in the Kalfayan Collection (Switzerland-Armenia. The Kalfayan Collection. On the Path of Memory, exhibition catalogue, Geneva, 2015, no.21, pp.104-05). Another sold Christie's, South Kensington, 11 October 2013, lot 880.

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