VERY UNUSUAL OLD ISLAMIC / BUDDIST STAINED GLASS SQUARE PANEL.THE DIMENSIONS ARE
12 1/4 INS 31 CM HIGH, 9 INS 22.5 CM WIDE.
WEIGHING 1108 GRAMS, 2 LBS 7 OUNCES.
1 THIS PANEL OF STAINED GLASS HAS THE ISLAMIC CRESCENT MOON, BUT SOME OTHER PEOPLE THAT I SHOWED IT TO THOUGHT IT MIGHT BE A BUDDIST SYMBOL. I REALLY AM NOT SURE.
2. IT IS SET IN THICK HEAVY LEAD AS A ANTIQUE STAINED GLASS WINDOW SHOULD BE.
3. IT LOOKS LIKE THE TREE OF LIFE AS THERE IS A FIGURE TRYING TO CATCH WHAT LOOKS LIKE A APPLE FALLING. COULD EVEN BE A CHRISTIAN DEPICTION RELATING TO WHEN EVE TOOK THE APPLE , THE FORBIDEN FRUIT.
4. THERE IS A BIT OF WEAR COMMENSURATE WITH IT'S GREAT AGE, THERE ARE 2 SMALL CRACKS TO THE RED GLASS, THE LEAD IS A BIT DINGED TO THE TOP WHERE IT PROBABLY HAS BEEN TAKEN OUT OF A LARGER PIECE OF GLASS & THERE IS SOME OLD BLUE TACK TO THE BACK OF THE PANEL WHERE SOME ONE HAS HUNG IT ON.
SO A VERY INTERESTING PIECE OF ANTIQUE STAINED GLASS WITH LOTS OF SYMBOLISM GOING ON.
OVERALL THE CONDITION IS GOOD WITH NO MAJOR ISSUES. I HAVE TAKEN 24 PICTURES SO YOU CAN HAVE A GOOD IDEA AS TO THE ITEMS CONDITION.
POSTAGE WILL BE £10.00 USING EXPRESS 48 PARCEL FORCE. WILL POST WORLD WIDE THROUGH THE EBAY GLOBAL SHIPPING PROGRAMME.
REDUCED FROM £125.00