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LOT 516 An important Islamic mortarThin cast bronze body, chased and with remnants of red and black

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An important Islamic mortar Thin cast bronze body, chased and with remnants of red and black pigment and gilding. Of slightly tapering octagonal section with flaring upper and lower borders. Decorated with horizontal bands of calligraphic inscriptions and tendrils. The upper rim with four depictions of facing lions. Some greenish corrosion, the base rounded due to use, a short crack in the upper rim, older copper repairs. H 15, D 23.1 cm. Weight c. 2.5 kg. Including a tapering pestle with engraved twist fluting. Attributed to Khorasan, 13th century. The combination of mortar and pestle, which originated in antiquity, was used throughout the Islamic world as a kitchen utensil in the home, but also by craftsmen, alchemists, and for the production of medicines. Mortars were used for grinding all kinds of spices and grains, but also seeds, herbs, pigments, sugar and ink. The first Seljuk Khan converted to Islam at the end of the 10th century. After that time, mortars were often decorated with Kufic calligraphic inscriptions, usually blessings. Many of the mortars handed down to us from the Seljuk period are particularly elaborate and finely worked, with inlays of silver and/or copper and engraved depictions of apotropaic animal motifs. The Seljuk heritage remained alive in the Khorasan area for a long time, although the quality of the mortars produced in the area gradually decreased. Provenance Archaeological find, Mazar-i-Sharif, Northern Afghanistan. Literature An identical early 13th century example in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Nasli M. Heeramaneck Collection, gift of Joan Palevsky (M.73.5.264b) is published in cat.: The Great Age of the Seljuqs. In Court and Cosmos. New York 2016. No. 97, p. 170 f, illus. 170. Bedeutender islamischer Mörser Dünnwandiger Bronzeguss mit Ziselierung, Resten von roter und schwarzer Fassung und Vergoldung. Auf oktogonalem Grundriss, leicht konisch, mit spitz ausgezogenem oberem und unterem Rand. Horizontale Dekorzonen mit Kalligrafie und vegetabilen Ranken. Auf dem oberen Rand vier Doppellöwendarstellungen. Etwas Grünspan, der Boden durch Gebrauch konkav, ein kurzer Riss im oberen Rand, ältere Reparaturen mit Kupfer. H 15, D 23,1 cm. Gewicht ca. 2,5 kg. Konisches Pistill mit Nodus und tordierten Rillengravuren beigegeben. Khorassan, zugeschrieben, 13. Jh. Die aus der Antike stammende Werkzeugkombination Mörser und Stößel wurde in der islamischen Welt als Haushaltsgerät in der Küche eingesetzt, aber ebenso von Handwerkern, Alchemisten und zur Herstellung von Medikamenten genutzt. Alle Arten von Gewürzen und Körnern wurden damit gemahlen, Samen, Kräuter und Pigmente pulverisiert, Zucker aus Hülsen gebrochen, Tinte gerührt. Der erste Seldschuken-Khan trat am Ende des 10. Jahrhunderts zum Islam über. Danach wurden die Geräte auch mit kufischer Kalligrafie verziert, die meistens Segenssprüche widergeben. Viele der uns überlieferten Mörser aus der Seldschukenzeit sind besonders aufwändig und fein gearbeitet, mit Einlagen aus Silber und/oder Kupfer und gravierten Darstellungen von apotropäischen Tieren. Das Erbe der Seldschuken blieb noch lange im Großraum Khorassan lebendig, wenn auch die Produktionsqualität der Gefäße sukzessive nachließ. Provenienz Bodenfund Mazar-e Sharif, Nordafghanistan. Literatur Ein gleiches Exemplar aus dem frühen 13. Jh. in der Sammlung The Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Nasli M. Heeramaneck Collection, gift of Joan Palevsky (M.73.5.264b) im Kat. The Great Age of the Seljuqs. In Court and Cosmos. New York 2016. Nr. 97, S. 170 f, Abb. 170.

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