Islamic Marble Sundial Made By Sheikh Abol Hassan Mansor Saif

14TH-15TH CENTURY A.D.

28 in. (64.7 kg, 71 cm wide).

A rare rectangular marble shadow clock or sundial with three chamfered edges, scrolls and foliate tendrils framing panels of Kufic script to the sides reading, to the left 'Mohammed is his messenger of God' and to the right 'There is no God but Allah'; also inscribed with the maker's name to the front: Sheikh Abol Hassan Mansor Saif; with a sun dial to the upper face framed by a rope border; copper-alloy spike to the upper face to accept the gnomon.

Provenance

From an important Paris gallery, France.
with Antiquite Brocante Chateau, Vente Encher, 6 March 2009.

This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.13022-199340.

Literature

Cf. Museum of Islamic Art, Cairo, MIA no. 12630, for a later example.

CONDITION

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