Lot 1030 A bronze box and cover with Arabic script

A bronze box and cover with Arabic script

17th/18th century

EUR 3,000

€4,000 - €6,000

D 14.4 cm, H 7.4 cm. Weight: 2140 gr.

未知

The cover cast with Arabic calligraphy in two concentric bands, set against a ring-punched ground, reading al-ḥamd li-llāh (الحمد لله), within a circular band of calligraphy—probably from the Qur’an—inscribed with qal al-nabī ʿalayhi al-salām: al-ṣidq yunjī wa-l-kaḏhib yuhlik (قال النبي عليه السلام الصدق ينجي والكذب يهلك), meaning: “The Prophet, peace be upon him, said: ‘Truth leads to salvation, and lying leads to destruction,’”.
**Literature**
Ref: Compare to an Arabic-inscribed box, listed as Ming dynasty, sold at Koller Auktionen Zürich, Lundi, 03 décembre 2018, lot 180.
A related box, but with the calligraphy to the outer band of the top of the lid replaced by floral scrolls, was sold at Sotheby’s Hong Kong, Later Chinese Bronzes from the Collection of Ulrich Hausmann, 07 October 2014, lot 3323.
Also see Bonhams London, 8 November 2018, lot 270.
Other related Arabic-inscribed covered boxes are in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (Object Number: 10.13.1) and in the British Museum, London (Registration number 1894,0108.26).
以下内容由AI翻译：
【名称】
十七/十八世纪阿拉伯文铜盒及盖
【年代】
十七/十八世纪
【描述】
盖上铸有两圈同心的阿拉伯文书法，背景为环状点刻，内容为“الحمد لله”（赞美真主）。在另一圈书法中，可能是《古兰经》中的文字，写着“قال النبي عليه السلام الصدق ينجي والكذب يهلك”，意为：“先知，愿他平安，说：‘真理带来拯救，谎言导致毁灭’”。
**著录**
参考：一件铭文铜盒，标为明代，售于科勒拍卖行苏黎世，2018年12月3日，拍品180号。
一件类似的铜盒，但盖顶外圈的铭文被花卉卷草纹取代，售于苏富比香港，乌尔里希·豪斯曼收藏晚清青铜器专场，2014年10月7日，拍品3323号。
另见邦瀚斯伦敦，2018年11月8日，拍品270号。
其他相关铭文铜盒藏于纽约大都会艺术博物馆（馆藏编号10.13.1）和伦敦大英博物馆（馆藏编号1894,0108.26）。