IRAN, 15TH CENTURY

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A TIMURID PIERCED TINNED COPPER CANDLESTICK
Iran, 15th century
The sharply waisted conical base with angled and flat shoulder, a recurved boss below the cylindrical neck and waisted cylindrical mouth, the body pierced and engraved with a broad band of interlaced split palmettes, a narrow band of meandering leafy vine on a cross-hatched ground below, the shoulder plain, the neck and mouth engraved with bands of leafy vine, highpoints rubbed, shoulder possibly repolished, the upper body with a later owner's name, "Jamal al-Din Safar", the date AH 1079 (1667-8 AD) engraved on the shoulder
11¾in. (29.8cm.) high

注意事项

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拍品专文

A very similar candlestick is in the Keir Collection (Geza Fehérvári: Islamic Metalwork of the Eighth to the Fifteenth Century in the Keir Collection, London 1976, no. 100, p.85 and pl.34a). That example is however made of bronze and has a pierced neck and mouth. It is dated to the 12th-13th centuries. While the material of the present example differs, the overall shape and in particular the pierced decoration of the body are very similar. The secondary decoration of our example with its engraved elongated arabesques on a cross-hatched ground is not possible in the mediaeval period. This feature, coupled with the material used, are typical of Persian metalwork of the 15th century.

Four other similar tinned copper examples have been published. A very similar example was sold in these Rooms 19 October 1993, lot 385; a further example with more openwork but less engraving on the surface was offered here, 18 October 1994, lot 403; a third related one was sold here 29 April 2003, lot 84; and a fourth with openwork calligraphic body is in the David Collection, Copenhagen (Kjeld V. Folsach: Islamic Art in the David Collection, Copenhagen, 2001, no.524, p.326).