5th Jun, 2024 11:00
Indian, Islamic, Himalayan and South-East Asian Art, including Greek and Roman Antiquities
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A MARBLE FRAGMENT FROM A TOMBSTONE, NORTH AFRICA, PROBABLY DATED A.H. 1044/1634-5 A.D.
of pyramidal form, carved on three sides with moulding and a band of thuluth script, 14.5cm high
Provenance: Sir Howard Hodgkin (1932-2017). Sotheby's London, 25 April 1990, lot 27.
The inscription which includes the date, reads: "Praise be to God alone...". This fragment is part of a prismatic tomb cover. For a complete example of similar date and form in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, see inv. no. EA2006.21.
Sold for £1,800
of pyramidal form, carved on three sides with moulding and a band of thuluth script, 14.5cm high
Provenance: Sir Howard Hodgkin (1932-2017). Sotheby's London, 25 April 1990, lot 27.
The inscription which includes the date, reads: "Praise be to God alone...". This fragment is part of a prismatic tomb cover. For a complete example of similar date and form in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, see inv. no. EA2006.21.
Auction: Indian, Islamic, Himalayan and South-East Asian Art, including Greek and Roman Antiquities, 5th Jun, 2024
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