EARLY OTTOMAN SILVER-INLAID INSCRIBED BRASS EWER

Ca. 15th century AD A silver-inlaid brass ewer with a swelling pear-shaped body on a spreading trumpet foot, a tall cylindrical neck and a long S-curved loop handle joining the neck to the lower body. The domed lid is surmounted by a bud finial and decorated in concentric registers of drop motifs, interlace and Arabic calligraphy. The neck is decorated with panels of Kufic inscription and scrolling vegetal ornament between raised mouldings. Large medallions encircle the body, each enclosing a seated figure framed by radiating panels of calligraphy and arabesques. Smaller medallions enclosing figural scenes and scrolling vegetal motifs fill the intervening spaces. Further bands of calligraphic and foliate ornament encircle the lower body and foot. Size: 280mm x 190mm; Weight: 1kg Provenance: Private UK collection; ex Oxfordshire ancient art collection; ex Canadian collection, 1970s�2000.

Estimate:$399.23

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