Lot n° 177
Estimation :
15000 - 20000
EUR
An epigraphic ivory panel, most probably for Amir Bashtak, c - Lot 177
An epigraphic ivory panel, most probably for Amir Bashtak, c. 1334-39.
Mamluk Egypt, first half of the 14th century.
A beautifully carved and chiselled rectangular cartouche made of elephant ivory (Elephantidae spp), with a long inscription in thuluth script that stands out in relief against a background of twirling palmette foliage, and is surrounded by a thin wooden rod inserted into the ivory.
Dimensions of the ivory panel: 8.3 x 29.3 cm
The inscription: mimma 'umila bi-rasm al-maqarr al-ashraf al-'ali al-mawlawi. (This was made for His Excellency, the most noble and exalted master) The ivory panel is later framed within a wide wooden band inlaid with several zigzag lines of hippopotamus ivory and light wood, forming a herringbone band punctuated by small triangular inlays.
(Dimensions: 18 x 38.6 cm; Thickness: 0.7 cm) - Gross weight: 13646.7g
The whole is fixed on a wooden board (18.7 x 39.5 cm, thickness 1.5 cm), which is inserted in a large moulded wooden frame (36 x 56.5 cm). On the reverse, an old oval collector's label: "n° 3 Mme de Blignières", and another octagonal label that has been erased.
This double frame was made in Egypt, in Cairo, around 1876-80.
Specimen in conformity with the AM of 4 May 2017. For an exit from the EU, a CITES re-export will be necessary.
Condition: patina of the ivory panel due to dust. The wooden rod dates from the 19th century.
Provenance: Ernest Le Barbier de Blignières (1834-1900), his son Maurice Le Barbier de Blignières (1869-1945), then by direct descent to the present owner.
Exhibition: Exhibition of Muslim Arts, Union Centrale des Arts Décoratifs, Pavillon de Marsan, Paris, 1903
Published: Gaston Migeon, Max van Berchem and M. Huart, Exhibition of Muslim Arts. Catalogue descriptif, Paris, April 1903, cat. no. 23, p. 9
It so happens that two Mamluk ivory panels, kept since 1968 at the L.A. Mayer Museum in Jerusalem1968, were recently illustrated in a catalo
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