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Auction archive: Lot number 46

A FATIMID CARVED EBONY AND IVORY PENBOX WITH BRONZE MOUNTS ...

Estimate
£400,000 - £600,000
ca. US$677,650 - US$1,016,476
Price realised:
£481,250
ca. US$815,298
Auction archive: Lot number 46

A FATIMID CARVED EBONY AND IVORY PENBOX WITH BRONZE MOUNTS ...

Estimate
£400,000 - £600,000
ca. US$677,650 - US$1,016,476
Price realised:
£481,250
ca. US$815,298
Beschreibung:

A FATIMID CARVED EBONY AND IVORY PENBOX WITH BRONZE MOUNTS
EGYPT OR SICILY, CIRCA 12TH CENTURY
A FATIMID CARVED EBONY AND IVORY PENBOX WITH BRONZE MOUNTS EGYPT OR SICILY, CIRCA 12TH CENTURY Of rectangular form with hinged lid, each end of the lid with a square containing a quartered roundel filled and surrounded by clusters of scrolling vine flanking an ivory panel with stylised naskh dedicatory inscription surrounded by heavy foliate scrolls, the interior divided into two compartments, the smaller for inkwell of regular arched form, the longer for the pens with cusped edges and spandrels with delicately moulded arabesques, with original bronze hinges and mounts, including animal headed latch fitting over rectangular bronze panel with three openwork roundels within border of geometric strapwork at the front of the penbox, with exhibition stickers, minor losses 12¾ x 2¾ x 2 3/8in. (32.5 x 7 x 6cm.)

Auction archive: Lot number 46
Auction:
Datum:
7 Oct 2008
Auction house:
Christie's
7 October 2008, London, King Street
Beschreibung:

A FATIMID CARVED EBONY AND IVORY PENBOX WITH BRONZE MOUNTS
EGYPT OR SICILY, CIRCA 12TH CENTURY
A FATIMID CARVED EBONY AND IVORY PENBOX WITH BRONZE MOUNTS EGYPT OR SICILY, CIRCA 12TH CENTURY Of rectangular form with hinged lid, each end of the lid with a square containing a quartered roundel filled and surrounded by clusters of scrolling vine flanking an ivory panel with stylised naskh dedicatory inscription surrounded by heavy foliate scrolls, the interior divided into two compartments, the smaller for inkwell of regular arched form, the longer for the pens with cusped edges and spandrels with delicately moulded arabesques, with original bronze hinges and mounts, including animal headed latch fitting over rectangular bronze panel with three openwork roundels within border of geometric strapwork at the front of the penbox, with exhibition stickers, minor losses 12¾ x 2¾ x 2 3/8in. (32.5 x 7 x 6cm.)

Auction archive: Lot number 46
Auction:
Datum:
7 Oct 2008
Auction house:
Christie's
7 October 2008, London, King Street
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