Lot 467

'CAIRO WARE' COPPER AND SILVER INLAID BRASS TRAY AND CHARGER
19TH/ EARLY 20TH CENTURY






Auction: 14 November 2018 at 10:00 GMT
£1,063
Description
the tray with a central reserve depicting Moses and the bronze serpent, Nehushtan, delivering the Israelites from the plague of serpents, within a border of Arabic script, 41cm wide x 31.5cm; the charger with a central Arabic script knot within bands of stylised leaf and flower motifs and calligraphic reserves, 51cm diameter; together with a INDIAN KOFTGARI STEEL DISH, in the form of overlapping fig leaves inlaid with a repeating gold pattern of scrolling flowerheads, the underside with cross-hatched silver inlay, 24cm wide (3)





