Hinged quill compartment with attached ink-well. Engraved in Arabic with scroll- and geometric patterning. Length: 9.5 inches.
AUCTION 69 |
Thursday, June 23rd,
2016 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Holy Land Maps and Ceremonial Objects
Lot 355
NEAR EASTERN BRASS SCRIBE’S CASE.
Hinged quill compartment with attached ink-well. Engraved in Arabic with scroll- and geometric patterning. Length: 9.5 inches.
Est: $300 - $400
PRICE REALIZED $400
For a similar example, see Israel Museum Catalogue, Sephardi Jews of the Ottoman Empire (1990) p. 199.