Lot 118
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A GEOMETRIC POLYCHROME MARBLE MOSAIC PANEL
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A GEOMETRIC POLYCHROME MARBLE MOSAIC PANEL

LATE MAMLUK OR EARLY OTTOMAN CAIRO, EGYPT, 15TH-17TH CENTURY

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A GEOMETRIC POLYCHROME MARBLE MOSAIC PANEL
LATE MAMLUK OR EARLY OTTOMAN CAIRO, EGYPT, 15TH-17TH CENTURY
Of rectangular form with black, white and brick-red coloured stone tesserae forming a geometric design composed of interlocking rhomboids interspersed in the centre with hexagonal shapes, within black and white stone frames, some tesserae replaced or repaired
39½ x 9¾in. (100.4 x 24.6cm.)
Provenance
Acquired in UK art market, 1975
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VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 20% on the buyer's premium.

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Lot Essay

It is evident that Mamluk style continued after the Ottoman conquest of Egypt in 1517. Two very good examples of stone inlay that closely resemble this panel are in a fountain at the Kritliya House, built 1540-1631, now the Gayer Anderson Museum (https://archnet.org/library/images/one-image.jsp?location_id=10383&im age_id=113737), and all around the walls at the Mosque of Sheikh al-Burdayni, built in 1616-1627AD (Prisse d'Avennes, Arab Art, Paris 1877, pls.59 and 60; also https://archnet.org/library/images/one-image.jsp?location_id=4896&imag e_id=208914).

Further similar coloured marble inlay borders dating from the 15th to the 18th century can be seen illustrated in Prisse d'Avennes, Arab Art, Paris 1877, pl.52.

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