LOT 512 An important Islamic mortarChased cast bronze with silver and copper damascening. Of cylindrical
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An important Islamic mortar Chased cast bronze with silver and copper damascening. Of cylindrical form with flaring upper and lower rims. Decorated with horizontal bands of decor surrounding two moulded ribs. The lower section with eleven cartouches depicting horsemen and kneeling and seated men amid tendrils, in the upper section calligraphic inscriptions with anthropomorphic motifs. Four disc motifs along the lower border connected via bands and woven cords. The upper border with geometric stylised calligraphy. An elongated breakage to the edge of the base rounded due to usage, some minor breakages to the upper rim, the interior sintered, some greenish corrosion. H 14.6, D 19.9 cm. Weight c. 7.8 kg. Attributed to Khorasan/Eastern Iran or Afghanistan, around 12th - 13th century. Provenance Archaeological find, Bamya, Central Afghanistan. Literature Cf. von Folsach, Kunst fra Islams Verden i Davids Samling, Copenhagen 2001, no. 495, for a similarly decorated rose water bottle. Bedeutender islamischer Mörser Bronzeguss mit Ziselierung, Silber- und Kupfertauschierung. Zylindrisch, tellerartig ausgestellter oberer und unterer Rand. Horizontale Dekorbänder um zwei mittig umlaufende Profilringe. Unten elf Kartuschen mit Reitern, knienden und sitzenden Männern zwischen Ranken, oben Kalligrafie mit anthropomorphen Motiven. Um den unteren Rand vier Scheibenmotive, verbunden mit Bändern und gewundenen Kordeln. Um den oberen Rand geometrisch stilisierte Kalligrafie. Länglicher nutzungsbedingter Ausbruch am Bodenrand, vereinzelte kleine Ausbrüche auch um den oberen Rand, innen versintert, etwas Grünspan. H 14,6, D 19,9 cm. Gewicht ca. 7,8 kg. Khorassan/östlicher Iran oder Afghanistan, zugeschrieben, um 12./13. Jh. Provenienz Bodenfund Bamiya, Zentralafghanistan. Literatur Vgl. von Folsach, Kunst fra Islams Verden i Davids Samling, Kopenhagen 2001, Nr. 495, eine ähnlich dekorierte Rosenwasserflasche.
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