ISLAMIC ART 1890s SPANISH TOLEDO STEEL BOX W. GOLD & SILVER INLAID

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ISLAMIC ART 1890s SPANISH TOLEDO STEEL BOX W. GOLD & SILVER INLAID:
$8985.00

A TOLEDO WARE GOLD DAMASCENED BOX.SPAIN LATE 19thC. EARLY 20th C.THE SURFACE DECORATED WITH A STELLAR LATTICE , EACH GEOMETRIC MOTIF CONTAINING SIMPLIFIED ROSETTES & PALMETTES , THE BORDERS WITH HEXAGONAL CARTOUCHES INTERSPERSED WITH EIGHT POINTED STARS , THE SIDES WITH SIMILAR DECORATION, THE FRONT AND BACK WITH A CALLIGRAPHIC CARTOUCHE CONTAINING THE NASRID MOTTO .4\" x 5 1/4\"x1\" or 10.2cm x 13.4cm x 2.6cm
THE INLAID DECORATION FINDS ITS INSPIRATION IN GEOMETRIC PATTERNS FOUND ON ARCHITECTURAL ELEMENTS OF THE ALHAMBRA PALACE IN GRANADA , SUCH ASTHE TILE PANELS OF THE MEXUAR HALL. SPANISH METAWORKERS SUCH AS THE ZULOAGAS BECAME MASTERS AT REPLICATING AND DAMASCENING THE MOORISH MOTIFS ONTO THEIR DARK TONED METALWORK. NOT ONLY DID THE SMITHS ADOPT THE INTRICATE MOTIFS BUT THEY ALSO COPIED THE NASRID MOTTO IN ARABIC SCRIPT : \"LA GHALIB ILLA ALLAH \" ( THERE IS NO VICTOR BUT GOD) WHICH ALSO APPEARS IN THIS EXAMPLE. EUSEBIO ZULOAGA PARTICIPATED IN VARIOUS INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITIONS SUCH AS THE PARIS 1855 EXHIBITION AND IN THE LONDON 1862 AND BECAME ONE OF THE GREATEST MASTERS OF THE ART OF DAMASCENING. ALTHOUGH NOT MARKED , OUR BOX SHOWS THE ELEGANCE, CARE , CONTROL & ACCURACY IN DAMASCENING OF AN EXTREMELY SKILLED ARTISAN.