Islamic/ Middle Eastern, Important Large & Heavy Mamluk Style Qalamdan Pen box

Islamic/ Middle Eastern, Important Large & Heavy Mamluk Style Qalamdan Pen box
Islamic/ Middle Eastern, Important Large & Heavy Mamluk Style Qalamdan Pen box
Islamic/ Middle Eastern, Important Large & Heavy Mamluk Style Qalamdan Pen box
Islamic/ Middle Eastern, Important Large & Heavy Mamluk Style Qalamdan Pen box
Islamic/ Middle Eastern, Important Large & Heavy Mamluk Style Qalamdan Pen box
Islamic/ Middle Eastern, Important Large & Heavy Mamluk Style Qalamdan Pen box
Islamic/ Middle Eastern, Important Large & Heavy Mamluk Style Qalamdan Pen box
Islamic/ Middle Eastern, Important Large & Heavy Mamluk Style Qalamdan Pen box
Islamic/ Middle Eastern, Important Large & Heavy Mamluk Style Qalamdan Pen box
Islamic/ Middle Eastern, Important Large & Heavy Mamluk Style Qalamdan Pen box
Islamic/ Middle Eastern, Important Large & Heavy Mamluk Style Qalamdan Pen box
Islamic/ Middle Eastern, Important Large & Heavy Mamluk Style Qalamdan Pen box

Islamic/ Middle Eastern, Important Large & Heavy Mamluk Style Qalamdan Pen box

Important Silver & Copper Inlaid Qalamdan Pen Box with honorific terms for the sultan Mehmood Ghaznawi. Absolutely Rare Islamic Qalamdan Pen Box.

A stunning decorative piece with hinged lid lifting to reveal fitted interior with Arabic calligraphy and Islamic motifs. Various compartments, profusely inlaid with silver and copper. Circular cartouches on the lid and body with inscriptions. Adorned with Fine Arabic Masterful Kufic Calligraphy & detailed with Animals, Birds, Peoples, Arabesques and Repetitive Patterns.

30 x 10,5 x 10,5 cm. Weight: 4,9 kg without packing!! In Islamic culture, calligraphy has always held a special place and its practice is still considered the foremost form of visual expression.

Its prestige extends to the tools of the trade, the writing materials and implements that support the work of these artists. Historical examples of pen cases and scribal boxes were fashioned from metal - as in the medieval period - or wood and papier-mâché - in the modern time - and exquisitely decorated, as this example demonstrates. Their fine decoration and intimate nature made them into highly collectible items in modern times.

The item "Islamic/ Middle Eastern, Important Large & Heavy Mamluk Style Qalamdan Pen box" is in sale since Sunday, February 05, 2017. This item is in the category "Antiques\Asian/Oriental Antiques\Islamic/Middle Eastern". The seller is "grifinantiques" and is located in EU.

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Islamic/ Middle Eastern, Important Large & Heavy Mamluk Style Qalamdan Pen box


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