λ A HARDWOOD MOTHER-OF-PEARL AND TORTOISE SHELL-INLAID MIRROR
Possibly Turkey or Syria, Ottoman Provinces, late 19th century - early 20th century

Of rectangular shape, with applied cusped cartouches at the top, the frame inlaid with tesserae of mother-of-pearl and tortoise shell arranged in a star-shaped geometric band, the central cartouche at the top decorated with the typical Ottoman symbol of the star and crescent moon, surrounded by vegetal sprays and rosettes, similar decoration in the two smaller cartouches to the side, the back plain with wire hanging thread, 84cm x 53.5cm.

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