A MOSUL SILVER INLAID BRASS JEWELLERY CASKET WITH COMBINATION LOCK SIGNED BY MUHAMMAD AL-BAGHDADI, MESOPOTAMIA, 13TH CENTURY Of rectangular form with hinged coved cover and bracket feet, the applied hinges and clasp with elaborate openwork terminals, the knop similar, the sides with large figural roundels flanked by smaller key-pattern roundels, some also with cusped minor figural quatrefoils, on a ground of elaborate scrolling leafy vine, a band of stylised repeated kufic benedictory inscriptions above and below, the top with four dials for the combination lock flanking the central openwork arabesque interlace knop, surrounded by hunting scenes again on a scrolling foliate ground, the sloping sides with a variety of musicians and drinkers divided by key-pattern hexagons, a band of flowing naskh inscription on vine ground below, this band between the hinges giving the name of the maker, the feet with a seated lion on each face, surface slightly rubbed, silver all missing except under the clasp, chisel marks remaining where the silver was removed, base plate probably replaced, the feet re-fixed at the same time, the lock a replacement probably copying the original 8 5/8 x 7 3/8 x 5 5/8in. (21.9 x 18.8 x 14.3cm.)
A MOSUL SILVER INLAID BRASS JEWELLERY CASKET WITH COMBINATION LOCK SIGNED BY MUHAMMAD AL-BAGHDADI, MESOPOTAMIA, 13TH CENTURY Of rectangular form with hinged coved cover and bracket feet, the applied hinges and clasp with elaborate openwork terminals, the knop similar, the sides with large figural roundels flanked by smaller key-pattern roundels, some also with cusped minor figural quatrefoils, on a ground of elaborate scrolling leafy vine, a band of stylised repeated kufic benedictory inscriptions above and below, the top with four dials for the combination lock flanking the central openwork arabesque interlace knop, surrounded by hunting scenes again on a scrolling foliate ground, the sloping sides with a variety of musicians and drinkers divided by key-pattern hexagons, a band of flowing naskh inscription on vine ground below, this band between the hinges giving the name of the maker, the feet with a seated lion on each face, surface slightly rubbed, silver all missing except under the clasp, chisel marks remaining where the silver was removed, base plate probably replaced, the feet re-fixed at the same time, the lock a replacement probably copying the original 8 5/8 x 7 3/8 x 5 5/8in. (21.9 x 18.8 x 14.3cm.)
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