Antique Blue Glass Islamic Mamluk Calligraphy Basin Bowl Lobmeyr or Brocard 1880 Sold In 1968 Mbutha won an

In 1968 Mbutha won an award in an all African art competition and

he established the Hans G

5" deep (fully extended)

one is shown in the Khalili Collection

known as Batavia (now Indonesia) under the Colonial Dutch

Antique Blue Glass Islamic Mamluk Calligraphy Basin Bowl Lobmeyr or Brocard 1880 Sold In 1968 Mbutha won anSOLD A good antique Islamic Mamluk Revival glass basin, made for the Arab Persian market, circa 1880. The bowl either made in France or Austria in the style of either Philippe Joseph Brocard or by J. L. Lobmeyr & Co. The pale blue basin is finely & beautifully hand decorated with enameled polychrome decoration, having Kufic inscriptions in cartouches featured along the top and bottom, and decorated with stylized flowers and octagonal medallions along