Lot n° 62
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Terracotta pot with engraved decoration of an epigraphic ban - Lot 62
Terracotta pot with engraved decoration of an epigraphic band on the shoulder, bearing the inscription "al-sultan ibn al-sultan al-sultan al-'azim Saif al-Dounia wal-Din", and a stucco disk decorated with four diamond-shaped coats of arms furnished with a sword around a central rosette on an arabesque background. (Chips on the heel of the pot and on the rim of the disc).
Egypt-Mamluk Syria, 14th century
Height of pot: 18 cm; Diameter of disc: 16 cm
A Mamluk unglazed ceramic gourd decorated with Frankish swords similar to those on the disc is preserved in the Damascus Museum (inv. no. A 9771) (exhibition catalog Syria. Mémoire et Civilisation, Institut du Monde Arabe, Paris, 1993, n°350 p. 454)
Lot appraised by Madame Laure Soustiel
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