Mixed lot (3 pieces): Morocco: one amulet pendant made of silver and two powder flasks made of metal.
Mixed lot (3 pieces): Morocco: one amulet pendant made of silver and two powder flasks made of metal.
1: a Moroccan amulet pendant in the shape of a prayer niche (‘mehrab’). Cut from good-quality sheet silver and engraved on the front side with straight and zigzag lines, symmetrical leaves and floral patterns. With a silver hanger.
Dimensions: 6.2 cm x 4 cm.
2: Two old Moroccan powder flasks made of metal, for gunpowder. One is teardrop-shaped, flat, with a rounded spout. Made of brass with punched decoration (stars and curves), with engraved pieces of silver alloy (2) and copper (3) soldered to the front side. With a plaited carrying strap affixed to brass handles soldered to the sides.
Dimensions: 19.5 cm x 10.5 cm x 2.3 cm.
And a second Moroccan powder flask for gunpowder. With a flat, round body and a straight, rounded spout. Made of brass with punched, engraved decoration, the front side is embellished with engraved openwork plating made of weak silver alloy. With a plaited carrying strap affixed to eyelets and rings at the sides.
Dimensions: 16 cm x 10.2 cm x 2.5 cm. Between the end of the 19th and the first half of the 20th century. (ME)
Provenance: Austrian private collection.
Specialist: Erwin Melchardt
Erwin Melchardt
+43-1-515 60-465
erwin.melchardt@dorotheum.at
06.04.2017 - 15:00
- Realized price: **
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EUR 300.-
- Starting bid:
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EUR 240.-
Mixed lot (3 pieces): Morocco: one amulet pendant made of silver and two powder flasks made of metal.
1: a Moroccan amulet pendant in the shape of a prayer niche (‘mehrab’). Cut from good-quality sheet silver and engraved on the front side with straight and zigzag lines, symmetrical leaves and floral patterns. With a silver hanger.
Dimensions: 6.2 cm x 4 cm.
2: Two old Moroccan powder flasks made of metal, for gunpowder. One is teardrop-shaped, flat, with a rounded spout. Made of brass with punched decoration (stars and curves), with engraved pieces of silver alloy (2) and copper (3) soldered to the front side. With a plaited carrying strap affixed to brass handles soldered to the sides.
Dimensions: 19.5 cm x 10.5 cm x 2.3 cm.
And a second Moroccan powder flask for gunpowder. With a flat, round body and a straight, rounded spout. Made of brass with punched, engraved decoration, the front side is embellished with engraved openwork plating made of weak silver alloy. With a plaited carrying strap affixed to eyelets and rings at the sides.
Dimensions: 16 cm x 10.2 cm x 2.5 cm. Between the end of the 19th and the first half of the 20th century. (ME)
Provenance: Austrian private collection.
Specialist: Erwin Melchardt
Erwin Melchardt
+43-1-515 60-465
erwin.melchardt@dorotheum.at
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| Auction: | Tribal Art |
| Auction type: | Saleroom auction |
| Date: | 06.04.2017 - 15:00 |
| Location: | Vienna | Palais Dorotheum |
| Exhibition: | 01.04. - 06.04.2017 |
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