A MAMLUK SILVER-INLAID BRASS CANDLESTICK BASE
EGYPT OR SYRIA, 14TH CENTURY
Of typical truncated conical form with slightly raised bands above and below the main register and a later added neck with flaring rim rising from inverted shoulder, the body decorated with a broad band of elegant thuluth honorific inscriptions against a ground of scrolling vine, the calligraphy interrupted by three roundels containing further scrolling vine in a band around a central lotus flower, the later shoulder and neck with similar Mamluk-style calligraphy and roundels, some silver remaining
13¼in. (33.6cm.) high
A MAMLUK SILVER-INLAID BRASS CANDLESTICK BASE
EGYPT OR SYRIA, 14TH CENTURY
Of typical truncated conical form with slightly raised bands above and below the main register and a later added neck with flaring rim rising from inverted shoulder, the body decorated with a broad band of elegant thuluth honorific inscriptions against a ground of scrolling vine, the calligraphy interrupted by three roundels containing further scrolling vine in a band around a central lotus flower, the later shoulder and neck with similar Mamluk-style calligraphy and roundels, some silver remaining
13¼in. (33.6cm.) high
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