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This item will be withdrawn due to UK Ivory ban as it comes into force from 6 June 2022.

Islamic Furniture for Reading, A Fine Ottoman Rosewood, Mother of Pearl, Tortoiseshell, Horn, Ebony and Thin Sliced Ivory Pieces, Overlaid on Wood Quran Stand (Kursi), Turkey, 18th. Century.

Identification Number: 148
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Description

A Beautiful & Rare Ottoman Mother of Pearl, Tortoiseshell, Horn, Ebony & Ivory, Overlaid On Wood Quran Stand (Kursi).

Of a typical X shaped while the Kursi is wide open folding form with two rectangular hinged wooden parts fixed together.

Both the upper exposed interior and the exterior parts of the item are decorated with geometrical and six similar central palmette with floral motifs depicting a full blossoming tulip flower, one on each exposed surface.

The exposed two lower slope shaped surfaces of the base are decorated with open work arched legs sections which are mainly made out of veneered ebony wood and outlined with very thin sliced pieces of ivory.

 

(Registration for an item with a percentage of ivory, declaration reference no.3L85VBU3)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dimensions

25 cm is the width.
73.3 cm is the high.
2.6 cm is the depth while the Kursi is folded.
33 cm is the maximum width of the top while the Kursi is being widely open.
55.3 cm is the maximum width of the base while the Kursi is being widely open.

Condition

Condition: Excellent, Minor ware and tear.

Provence

The European Art Market.

References

For a similar Example please see sold lot No. 205 page 132, Sotheby’s Arts of the Islamic World, London, 07th October 2009.

See also Antika Ansiklopedisi, Antik Palace, Antik A.S., Kultur Yayinlari, Istanbul, Turkey, p.334 & p.352

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