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Pair of large and flat gilded and enamelled glass plates - CB.177
Origin: Vienna, Austria
Circa: 19
th
Century AD
Dimensions:
1.5" (3.8cm) high
x 14" (35.6cm) wide
Collection: Islamic
Style: Orientalist
Medium: Glass
Additional Information: AS
Location: Great Britain
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| Description |
The most spectacular enamelled objects of the
Islamic culture were produced by Egyptian and
Syrian glassmakers in the Ayyubid and Mamluk
periods, especially from the mid-thirteenth to
the late fourteenth century.
Flat plates, such as this, were a rather
common form of the Viennese Lobmeyr
workshop.
Its geometric decoration combines six circles
drawn in a radial pattern around a central star.
The pleasant chromatic contrast of white and
yellow enamels, and gilding emphasises the
basic
elements of both the geometric and the
vegetal
motifs of the design.
Circa 1880.
Comparable Reference: Lot 231, Christies, Sale
7715, Art of the Islamic and Indian Worlds, 31
March 2009, London.
- (CB.177)
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