Property from the Eꦿstate of Sir Howard Hodgkin CH CBE
A CARVED MARBLE CALLIGRAPHIC CENOTAPH OR STELE FRAGMENT, INDIA, NORTH AFRICA OR NEAR EAST, CIRCA 14TH/15TH CENTURY
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May 20, 02:45 PM GMT
Estimate
2,500 - 3,500 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Prope๊rty from the Estate of Sir Howard Hodgkin CH CBE
A CARVED 🍰MARBL🧔E CALLIGRAPHIC CENOTAPH OR STELE FRAGMENT, INDIA, NORTH AFRICA OR NEAR EAST, CIRCA 14TH/15TH CENTURY
with carved calligraphic inscription
14.5 by 18 by 6.7cm.
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Sotheby's London, 25 April 1990, lot 27.
inscriptions
'Praise be to God alone...'
'Four and forty'
It has been suggested that this architectural fragment may have originally been part ♐of a marb﷽le carved tomb, possibly from Gujarat.