Description: A RARE PAIR OF 15TH/17TH CENURY EGYPTIAN MARBLE MOSIAC PANELS, EARLY OTTOMAN/LATE MAMLUK The various polychrome marbles inlaid in a stylised geometric design. Provenance: reputedly removed from the Cairo residence of the family of Egyptian Prime Minister Nubar Pasha, 1825 - 1899Related literature: similar coloured marble panels dating from the 15th - 18th Century can be seen illustrated in 'Prisse d'Avennes', Arab Art, Paris, 1877, pl. 52, a similar panel was sold at Sotheby's, London, 19th October 2016, Lot 233
Size: 124cm x 42cm