ISLAMIC LARGE CALLIGRAPHIC BOWL WITH SPHINX 12th century AD A broad bronze bowl with rolled rim; panel to the centre with facing sphinx on a foliage field, radiating trefoils and tendrils; rim with reserved calligraphic text on a foliage field. 1.8 kg, 50cm (19 3/4"). Fine condition, underside cracked. Provenance Ex German collection; acquired 1980s. Literature See von Gladiss, A. Glanz und Substanz. Metallarbeitung in der Sammlung des Museums für Islamische Kunst, Berlin, 2012 for discussion.
ISLAMIC LARGE CALLIGRAPHIC BOWL WITH SPHINX 12th century AD A broad bronze bowl with rolled rim; panel to the centre with facing sphinx on a foliage field, radiating trefoils and tendrils; rim with reserved calligraphic text on a foliage field. 1.8 kg, 50cm (19 3/4"). Fine condition, underside cracked. Provenance Ex German collection; acquired 1980s. Literature See von Gladiss, A. Glanz und Substanz. Metallarbeitung in der Sammlung des Museums für Islamische Kunst, Berlin, 2012 for discussion.
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