A MAMLUK TINNED-COPPER BOWL
拍品 997

A MAMLUK TINNED-COPPER BOWL

EGYPT, 15TH CENTURY

已結束2018年5月10日

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A MAMLUK TINNED-COPPER BOWL
EGYPT, 15TH CENTURY
Of deep rounded form, the shoulder with a densely engraved band of inscription alternating with dense arabesque interlace and divided by rosette roundels, occasional pendants, later engraved floral motifs on interior, old repair, tinning rubbed
12 3/8 in. (31.4 cm.) diam. at mouth

Abby Aldrich Rockefeller, New York.
Acquired from the estate of the above December 1 1960

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In the cartouches around the body, with parts missing and words repeated, Arabic verses:

balaghta min al-‘ulya a‘la [a]l-mara[tib] / al-maratib
wa qaranaka al / wa qaranaka al-taw/fiq [a]l-tawfiq min kull janib
wa / la zalta marghuban ilayka / ilayka wa [ba]sitan
yamin[ayka fi’]l-dun[ya bi-nayl al-maratib]


“You have reached through greatness the highest of ranks,
And success has accompanied you on all sides,
You continue to be desired and to stretch
Out your hands into the world in the attainment of rank.”

These verses are commonly found on 15th-century Mamluk metalwork. (Doris Behrens-Abousaif, “Veneto-Saracenic Metalware in Mamluk Art”, in Mamluk Studies Review IX (2), 2005, p. 150).