Antique 16th Century Islamic Safavid Al Jazari Combination Locking Brass Casket. Circa 1550 Decorative Arts mid: 18" diameter

mid: 18" diameter

These classic Danish designed chairs are made of teak which were sympathetically repolished in Bloomsbury's workshops

acquired in London in the late 1930s

This very elegant antique table is profusely inlaid with geometric bone marquetry and exotic hardwood inlay

signed & dated lower left "F

Antique 16th Century Islamic Safavid Al Jazari Combination Locking Brass Casket. Circa 1550 Decorative Arts mid: 18" diameterA highly important engraved Islamic combination locking brass casket, based on a design by the 12th Century Arab inventor & artist Ismail Al Jazari. Circa 1550. The casket from the mid 16th century (or possibly earlier) Safavid period & having a hinged lid with riveted strapwork. There are four dials on the top of the lid and they are repeated on each of the four sides, each dial having circular engraved bands with Arabic letters, the casket is