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LOT 0219
Seljuk Period Openwork Door Fitting
13TH-14TH CENTURY A.D.
9 1/2 in. (1.4 kg total, 24 cm wide each).
A pair of bronze openwork discoid door 'bosses' or handle mounting plates, each with a central dome inscribed around the neck, procession of birds with spread wings below, geometric band, openwork interlace motif, egg-and-dart style shaped circumference. [2]
ProvenanceFrom a UK private collection.
An old Christie's label to verso: '656/8673'.
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