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A RARE MAMLUK "VENETO-SARACENIC" CANDLESTICK
SYRIA, LATE 15TH CENTURY
The straight stem with tapering mouth rising from a truncated conical body with flat shoulders, the engraved decoration with cartouches of tightly interlocking straps and knots, interspersed with radiating quatrefoils within roundels on a dense foliated ground between two bands of scrolling tendrils, the gilding possibly added later, drilled, minor damage, otherwise in good condition
8¾in. (22.2cm.) high

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