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Lot n° 115

A Mamluk bronze pestle and mortar

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Of cylindrical form with wide rim and base, engraved around the body with Arabic calligraphy in Thuluth with flowers scrolls and foliage. The calligraphic decoration on this bowl reads: the happiness, the survival, the safety, the ???responsiveness, the power and the exalt. Mortar: 13,5 cm Pestle: 25 cm Origin: Egypt or Syria Period: 16th-17th century Sizes: 13.50 cm. H x 18.00 cm. diameter 5.31 in. H x 7.09 in. diameter