EGYPT OR SYRIA, PERIOD OF AL-MALIK AL-NASIR MUHAMMAD, 1293-1341 AD

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A MAMLUK SILVER INLAID BRASS CANDLESTICK
EGYPT OR SYRIA, PERIOD OF AL-MALIK AL-NASIR MUHAMMAD, 1293-1341 AD
Of typical form, the base flaring slightly more than normal, the base engraved and inlaid with a band of bold thuluth honorific inscriptions on a ground of scrolling vine interrupted by roundels containing scrolling vine around inverted further inscriptions, raised wheatsheaf and meandering floral bands above and below, the shoulder with a similar band of honorific inscription, the neck with a lattice of floral sprays, the mouth with further inscriptions, drilled in base and around base of neck and mouth, rubbed, some silver remaining
14in. (35.4cm.) high

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Lot Essay

The inscriptions read:
The main band on the body: al-maqarr al-'ali al-mawlawi al-amiri al-murabiti al-'alimi al-humami al-maliki al-nasiri (High Authority, the Lordly, the Emir, the Protector, the Learned, the Valiant, the [officer of] al-Malik al-Nasir).
On the shoulder: al-maqarr al-'ali al-mawlawi al-amiri al-kabiri al-'alimi al-nizami al-maliki al-nasiri (High Authority, the Lordly, the Great Emir, the Learned, the Regent, the [officer of] al-Malik al-Nasir).
The mouth is the same as the shoulder but without the al-nizami (the Regent),

A very similar candlestick was sold in these Rooms 26 April 2005, lot 26. The present example has stronger calligraphy in the main band and also the radiating inscriptions in the roundels.

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