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A MAMLUK BRASS CANDLESTICK BASE
A MAMLUK BRASS CANDLESTICK BASE
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METALWORK FROM THE COLLECTION OF EDWARD FALKENER (1814-1896)
A MAMLUK BRASS CANDLESTICK BASE

EGYPT OR SYRIA, LATE 13TH CENTURY

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A MAMLUK BRASS CANDLESTICK BASE
EGYPT OR SYRIA, LATE 13TH CENTURY
Of truncated conical form, the body decorated with an elegant band of thuluth on a scrolling foliate ground separated by three large roundels with leafy scrolls and a central medallion with a diagonal double-saw motif, above a smaller band of knotted kufic separated by six geometrical rosettes, a raised band below and two registers of leafy vine scrolls and knotted interlace, the underside later replaced, inlay now lacking
13 1⁄8in. (33.5cm.) base diam.; 6 1⁄8in. (15.5cm.) high
Provenance
Edward Falkener, circa 1844, thence by descent
Engraved
The inscription around the body reads:
al-janab al-‘ali al-mawlawi / al-amiri al-kabiri al-ghazi a / al-mujahidi al-muthaghiri al-nasiri, ‘The high excellency, the lordly, the great commander, the conqueror, the holy warrior, the protector of frontiers, the [officer] of al-Nasir’

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The inscription around the body reads:
al-janab al-‘ali al-mawlawi / al-amiri al-kabiri al-ghazi a / al-mujahidi al-muthaghiri al-nasiri, ‘The high excellency, the lordly, the great commander, the conqueror, the holy warrior, the protector of frontiers, the [officer] of al-Nasir’

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