Simona Oprea
Head of Oriental Art, Traditional Art & Carpets Evaluation Office; Chinese Language Certificate HSK 4
149. Enameled brass vessel and tray, decorated with floral motifs, Damascus workshop, Syria, approx. 1880
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149. Enameled brass vessel and tray, decorated with floral motifs, Damascus workshop, Syria, approx. 1880
Starting price:
EUR 200
Sold
EUR 250
brass, glass paste enamel, A. h=25 cm; d=15 cm; B. d=31 cm
The two objects are specific to the end of the 19th-century Damascus. The neck of the pot displays the Hebrew inscription "Ben Porat Yosef" ("Joseph is a fruitful branch, Genesis 49, verse 22"), while the central cartridges, in Arabic "Rabbi al-aiat" (variant of the word "God").
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