A brass box and cover for the Islamic market China, 16th/ 17th Century

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A brass box and cover for the Islamic market China, 16th/ 17th Century of cylindrical form, the flat cover cast to the top with a roundel containing an inscription in Arabic, the roundel surrounded by partial flowerhead motifs, all on a ring-punched ground 10.2 cm. diam. Footnotes: Inscriptions: al-hamdulillah, 'Praise be to God'. The present lot is inscribed in sini, an Arabic script developed in the early Ming dynasty. For a comparable box sold in these rooms, see Bonhams, Islamic and Indian Art, 12 November 2024, lot 77. Similar boxes were also sold at Sotheby's New York, Important Chinese Art, 13 September 2017, lot 144, and 15 March 2017, lot 560. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing

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A brass box and cover for the Islamic market China, 16th/ 17th Century

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