NORTH EAST PERSIA, 12TH CENTURY

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A KHORASSAN COPPER INLAID BRONZE STAND
NORTH EAST PERSIA, 12TH CENTURY
Comprising seven large open circles arranged in a large rosette divided by smaller similar circles, resting on three flat section legs with lower hooves and upper flat terminals with paired birds heads flanking copper-inlaid roundels, each leg engraved with vertical panels of fine scrolling leafy vine, the top also with three protrusions forming paired confronted birds, red patination
163/8in. (41.5cm.) wide; 10½ in. (26.8cm.) high

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Lot Essay

The top of this stand has exactly the same form as the polycandelons of which a few have survived, the circles made for supporting glass vessels with floating wicks. The legs on this example however are not what one would expect with a polycandelon; there is no need to have suspended glass vessels when an item can rest on a flat surface and give light. It is also possible that it was made for use to support small dishes for food or spices, thus performing the same function as the pottery vessels with seven compartments.

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