Of classic style, with hinged lid at top for quill compartment and attached ink-well with hinged stylized shell lid. Engraved in Arabic with scroll- and geometric-patterning. Length: 8.5 inches.
AUCTION 66 |
Thursday, November 19th,
2015 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Ceremonial Objects and Graphic Art
Lot 377
NEAR EASTERN BRASS SCRIBE’S CASE.
Of classic style, with hinged lid at top for quill compartment and attached ink-well with hinged stylized shell lid. Engraved in Arabic with scroll- and geometric-patterning. Length: 8.5 inches.
c. 1900(?)
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
For a similar example of a scribe’s case, see Israel Museum Catalogue, Sephardi Jews of the Ottoman Empire (1990) p. 199.