A large Mamluk Revival gold-inlaid silver Tray
Syria, 19th Centuryof circular form with raised flattened rim, profusely engraved and decorated in gold overlay with a central roundel containing a series of arches containing standing figures and arabesques, the border with paired lions and sheep, surrounded by a band containing a series of cartouches containing inscriptions, perching birds and quadrupeds in combat, the rim with further inscription-filled cartouches
67.5 cm. diam.; 4680 g.注脚Inscriptions: in the cartouches on the rim, al-'il (sic) [al-'izz] mawlana (sic) [li-mawlana] al-sultan n (sic)/ al-malik al-dahir (sic) [al-zahir] al-'alim al-'a/mil al-'adil al-mu'ayyad nasir al-dunya/ wa al-din qatil al-kufrah wa /al-mushrikin muhiyy al-'adl fi/ al-'alamin al-muzaffar al-dahir (sic) [al-zahir] al-'alim, 'Glory to our lord, the sultan, al-Malik al-Zahir, the learned, the diligent, the one helped (by God), the victorious in the world and religion (Nasir al-Din), the slayer of infidels and polytheists, the reviver of justice in the world, the triumphant, al-Zahir, the learned'; in the inner cartouches 'izz li-mawlana al-sultan al-malik al-dahir (sic) [al-zahir] al-'alim al-'adil, 'Glory to our lord, the sultan, al-Malik al-Zahir, the learned, the just'.