Bidspirit auction | A TIMURID HARDSTONE TOMB FRAGMENT

A TIMURID HARDSTONE TOMB FRAGMENT - Timurid Bukhara, Central Asia, or Herat, Afghanistan, Ca. AD 1450 - 1500 . A black basalt tomb fragment of square form, the sides and edges carved with chinoiserie arabesques, the central panel with a later pseudo-Kufic design. This piece appears to have been the end portion of what would have been a much longer oblong cenotaph. The carving of the vegetal decoration is exceptionally fine, while the pseudo-Kufic decoration is a later addition. For similar see: Thomas W. Lentz and Glenn D. Lowry, Timur and the Princely Vision, Los Angeles, 1989, fig. 70 p. 209.Size: 320mm x 295mm; Weight: 16.19kgProvenance: Previous property of a UK based Islamic art professional. Prior Bonhams, Islamic and Indian Art, 6 October 2008, London, New Bond Street, Lot 247.