A MAMLUK SILVER INLAID BRASS CANDLESTICK

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

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A MAMLUK SILVER INLAID BRASS CANDLESTICK
EGYPT OR SYRIA, PERIOD OF AL-NASIR MUHAMMAD (1293-1341 AD)
The truncated conical base with raised bands above and below, the mouth of similar form, the slightly recessed shoulder supporting a tubular neck on a stepped base, the body with a broad band of foliage around a strong thuluth inscription interrupted by roundels containing foliate bands around circles of birds, feathered and leafy menader bands above and below, the shoulder with a band of inscription interrupted by bird roundels, the neck with a lozenge lattice enclosing floral motifs, the mouth again with inscriptions interrupted by roundels, little silver remaining, various damages, modern wooden core
10¼in. (26cm.) high

Provenance

Edward Falkener, circa 1844 and thence by descent

Lot Essay

The main inscription reads: Al-maqarr al-karim al-'ali al-mawlawi al-amiri a- , l-kabiri al-ghazi al-mujahid[i] al-murabiti al-muthaghiri

The decoration around the neck of the candlestick is identical to that of one in the Nuhad es-Said Collection (Allan, J. W.: Islamic Metalwork, the Nuhad es-Said Collection, London, 1982, no.23). It is also found on a large candlestick sold at Sotheby's 12th October 1982, lot 46.

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