Bidspirit auction | PAIR OF SELJUK DISHES WITH


PAIR OF SELJUK DISHES WITH KUFIC CALLIGRAPHY - Ca. AD 1100 - 1200. A pair of engraved bronze dishes with inlay, of shallow form with its walls sloping inwards towards the everted rim. The interior with a central, eight-petaled rosette encircled by decorative bands. Panels of Kufic calligraphy on the rim and the sides. Size: 180mm x 40mm; Weight: 740g Provenance: Property of a West London gentleman; previously in a collection formed on the UK/International art market in the 1990s.