EGYPT OR SYRIA, PERIOD OF SULTAN AL-MALIK AL-NASIR MUHAMMAD B. QALA'UN (1293-1341 AD)

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A MAMLUK SILVER INLAID BRASS CANDLESTICK
EGYPT OR SYRIA, PERIOD OF SULTAN AL-MALIK AL-NASIR MUHAMMAD B. QALA'UN (1293-1341 AD)
Of typical form with truncated conical base, tubular neck and sloping cylindrical mouth, the body with a broad band of honorific thuluth inscription divided by bird roundels, minor bands above and below, the shoulder with a similar band of inscription, the neck with a lattice design, the mouth also with inscription between decorative bands, slight dents, base of neck with drill-hole, loss of majority of silver inlay
13 7/8in. (35cm.) high

Provenance

From the collection of the present owner's great-grandfather, probably purchased circa 1900.

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Lot Essay

The inscriptions are as follows:
Round the mouth: al-maqarr al-'ali a l-mawlawi al-maliki al-'alimi al-'amili al-nasir[i] ("High Authority, the Lordly, the Possessor, the Learned, the Diligent [the officer of al-Malik] al-Nasir")

Round the shoulder: al-maqarr al-'ali al-mawlawi al-amiri al-kabiri al-ghazi al-'alimi al-'amili al-maliki al-maliki al-nasiri ("High Authority, the Lordly, the Great Emir, the Conqueror, the Learned, the Diligent, the Possessor, [the officer of] al-Malik al-Nasir")

Round the body: al-maqarr al-'ali al-mawlawi al-maliki al-'alimi al-'amili al-maliki al-nasiri ("High Authority, the Lordly, the Possessor, the Learned, the Diligent [the officer of] al-Malik al-Nasir")

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