A Safavid Khatamkar and Geometric Inlay Wooden Door

The rectangular door with rounded hinge post above, the face with large central geometric panel flanked above and below by smaller panels each with shaped tesserae inlaid in a variety of materials including ivory, ebony, brass and stained ivory forming a complex geometric interlace design, in a border of chevron stripes similarly intricately worked with a variety of inlays flanking small squares containing similarly worked maze repeats of the name 'Ali in square kufic , outer bold chevron stripe in two different woods, the reverse of the door with three panels, a large rectangle flanked above and below by smaller panels all filled with a complex geometric arrangement, a heavy chain affixed to one side, restorations, some damages to inlay

Estimate:$264,604.6

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