Arts of the Islamic World & India

Arts of the Islamic World & India

View full screen - View 1 of Lot 144. An enamelled and nielloed brass and silver-gilt binding, Central Asia, possibly Bukhara, late 19th/early 20th century.

An enamelled and nielloed brass and silver-gilt binding, Central Asia, possibly Bukhara, late 19th/early 20th century

Estimate

8,000 - 12,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

the outer frame with engraved, enamelled and nielloed decoration consisting of a central lobed panel surrounded by interlacing scrolls, with flap

21 by 15.4cm.

Sotheby's, London, The Shakerine Collection: Calligraphy in Qur'ans and other Manuscripts, 23 October 2019, lot 94

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