MEDIEVAL SELJUK COPPER ALLOY INLAID VESSEL
Ca. AD 1100 - 1200 .
A stunning Seljuk copper alloy inlaid vessel. A striking cast vessel with a round, almost spherical body decorated with complex intertwined floral motifs in the central part. The shoulders are adorned with simpler motifs while on the broad neck, just below the barely everted rim is a decorative motif of pseudo Kufic script alternating with rosettes with six petals around the pistil. For similar see: L'eredità dell'Islam , Arte Islamica in Italia, Silvana editore, n. 189.
Size: 100mm x 185mm; Weight: 655g
Provenance: Property of a West London gentleman; previously in a collection formed on the UK/International art market in the 1990s. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
