pot bottom

pot bottom

bottom of an enameled pottery vessel is decorated with the inside of the polo Sticks blazon, which symbolizes the sport of polo which the Mamluks were interested in .

This blazon appears on many Islamic artifacts, and the blazon is emblem symbolizes to specific Job. polo Sticks blazon symbolizes to” Jokandar” Job, who is the bearer of polo sticks for the Sultan while practicing polo. Sultan al-Nasir Muhammad ibn Qalawun was the most interested in this sport during the Mamluk era.

Date: 9th century AH / 15th century AD ( Mamluk Era)
Medium: enamelled pottery.

Provenance: Egypt