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Three Ornamental Wooden Moulds, Egypt & Persia, 12th-19th C

Currency:EUR Category:Collectibles Start Price:850.00 EUR Estimated At:1,360.00 - 1,700.00 EUR
Three Ornamental Wooden Moulds, Egypt & Persia, 12th-19th C
Carved wood
Egypt and Persia, 12th to 19th Century
Floral motifs
Delicate patterns
With old collection number (F.R. Martin)
Dimensions: 5.1 cm (diam.); 6.1 cm (l); 8.6 cm (l)
Good state of preservation
Provenance: ex-collection F.R. Martin, thence Austrian private collection

This set includes three finely carved wooden moulds. The printing block is chiselled with symmetrical palmettes and was made in Persia in the 18th or 19th Century. The small roundel, carved in high relief, probably dates back to the 14th Century and shows residue of a red colour. The small wooden fragment is also carved in high relief. It dates back to 12th Century Egypt and features a decorative cartouche band.

The three moulds are in a good state of preservation according to their age with signs of age and use. They show minor chips and the roundel shows visible cracks. The printing block measures 2.1 cm in height, 6.1 cm in length and 8.7 cm in width. The roundel has a diameter of 5.1 cm and a height of 2.4 cm. The small wooden fragment measures 1.8 cm in height, 8.6 cm in length and 1.6 cm in width.

Collection F.R. Martin
At the turn of the Century the Swedish scholar and art historian Fredrik Robert Martin (1868-1933) travelled through much of Persia. By the 1920s he had compiled an extensive and historically important collection of Islamic art, illustrating the craftsmanship of bygone dynasties. During his lifetime F.R. Martin authored many books on the subject of Islamic arts and crafts. Many of the items from the collection, about which an extensive catalogue was published, are nowadays held in the Medelhavsmuseet and the Ethnographical Museum in Stockholm.
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