Arts of the Islamic World & India including Fine Rugs & Carpets
Arts of the Islamic World & India including Fine Rugs & Carpets
AN OTTOMAN GILT-SILVER SCRIBE’S PEN BOX (DIVIT), EGYPT OR TURKEY, 18TH CENTURY
Auction Closed
June 10, 06:00 PM GMT
Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
AN OTTOMAN GILT-SILVER SCRIBE’S PEN BOX (DIVIT), EGYPT OR TURKEY, 18TH CENTURY
of elongated form, with a bulbous inkwell of rectangular section with champfered corners, decorated with cursive script, only partly deciferable, in oblong cartouches filled with arabesques, stamped with tughra, probably of Osman III (r.1754-57) on the underside of the ink well
34.5cm.
inscriptions
‘amal Mehmed
'work of Mehmed'
A pen-case with similar incised decoration and same maker's name sold in these rooms, 7 October 2015, lot 408.