A Pair of Monumental Mamluk-Revival Inlaid Bronze Doors. . Unknown maker, Cairo, Egypt. Circa 1905. Bronze over wood with si...

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A Pair of Monumental Mamluk-Revival Inlaid Bronze Doors

Unknown maker, Cairo, Egypt
Circa 1905
Bronze over wood with silvered and gilded inlay
Unmarked
123-1/2 inches high x 34-1/2 inches wide (313.7 x 87.6 cm) (plus hinge pin)

Based on doors designed for the Sultan Hassan Mosque in the fourteenth century, each rectangular panel of repeating star pattern, the bosses inlaid in silver and gild within pierced stylized foliate borders; inlaid calligraphic inscriptions at top and bottom of borders; pierced medallion form pendant knockers with inlaid bosses.

Provenance:
E. Halton & Sons, Cairo (1966)

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