A PAIR OF LARGE SILVER-OVERLAID CAIROWARE VASES
EGYPT OR SYRIA, EARLY 20TH CENTURY
A PAIR OF LARGE SILVER-OVERLAID CAIROWARE VASES EGYPT OR SYRIA, EARLY 20TH CENTURY Of tubular form rising from tall trumpet foot to flaring neck, the tapering shoulder with raised rounded ring above, the decoration of large interlocking octagons overlaid with silver alternately decorated with engraved arabesques and inscriptions in thuluth , bands of inscription above and below between smaller bands of arabesques, the inscriptions based on Mamluk examples, rubbed Each 42¾in. (109cm.) high (2)
A PAIR OF LARGE SILVER-OVERLAID CAIROWARE VASES
EGYPT OR SYRIA, EARLY 20TH CENTURY
A PAIR OF LARGE SILVER-OVERLAID CAIROWARE VASES EGYPT OR SYRIA, EARLY 20TH CENTURY Of tubular form rising from tall trumpet foot to flaring neck, the tapering shoulder with raised rounded ring above, the decoration of large interlocking octagons overlaid with silver alternately decorated with engraved arabesques and inscriptions in thuluth , bands of inscription above and below between smaller bands of arabesques, the inscriptions based on Mamluk examples, rubbed Each 42¾in. (109cm.) high (2)
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