A Brass Domical Cover With Knop Finial Provenance – Sothebys Auction, London – Arts Of The Islamic World, Including Fine Carpets And Textiles 24 October 2007 – Lot No. 84

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London
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Sothebys London
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84

A Brass Domical Cover With Knop Finial Provenance – Sothebys Auction, London – Arts Of The Islamic World, Including Fine Carpets And Textiles 24 October 2007 – Lot No. 84

A brass domical cover with knop finial, Khurasan, circa 1200 of rounded form, incised and inlaid with a band of kufic calligraphy on a hatched ground, five roundels of interlacing strapwork interspersed by arabesques of tendrils issuing split-palmettes and pomegranites, central cursive band surmounted by a bulbous knop finial decorated with interlacing strapwork 18cm. diam.

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