Large Western Asiatic Bronze Plate with Star and Crescent Design

CIRCA 12TH-13TH CENTURY A.D.

10 1/2 in. (459 grams, 26.5 cm wide).

Broad and discoid with a slightly stepped rim, stamped design to the inner face with radiating arms and hatched panels, hatched discs and other forms; the rim with a band of punched rings, each with a mullet to the centre.

Provenance

Ex Abelita collection, 1990s.

CONDITION

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LOT 1523