SELJUK SILVER-INLAID BRASS ROSEWATER SPRINKLER

Ca. 13th century AD A silver-inlaid brass rosewater sprinkler with a globular body on a spreading foot, tapering to a cylindrical neck with projecting knobs and a flat pierced top. The main body is divided into vertical panels, each centred by a medallion enclosing a figural scene, with sphinxes above and below, and calligraphic panels at the top and bottom of each register. Scrolling vegetal ornament fills the intervening fields. The shoulder is decorated with a band of running quadrupeds, repeated on the foot. The neck is decorated with bands of geometric and vegetal ornament. Size: 260mm x 150mm; Weight: 765g Provenance: Private UK collection; ex Oxfordshire ancient art collection; ex Canadian collection, 1970s�2000.

Estimate:£400

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