Bowl with the tuğra of Bayezid II
(1481 - 1512)
Unknown
Hemispherical
silver bowl with a facetted honeycomb cavetto and a rivet in the centre
showing where a disc was once attached. The underside is engraved with
elongated split leaves found on late 15th century illuminations and
Iznik ware. One of the cells is stamped with the tuğra of Bayezid II,
the earliest known monogram of a sultan which serves as a control stamp
guaranteeing the purity of the silver. From the Balkans, late 15th-early
16th c. D 12.5 cm. (ΕΑ_909)diameter
12.5
Derechos de la imagen
Benaki Museum
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