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IRAN, LATE 16TH CENTURY
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A SAFAVID ENGRAVED BRASS TORCH STAND
IRAN, LATE 16TH CENTURY
Of tapering cylindrical form with flaring base, the sides with light vertical facets engraved with chevron bands of meandering arabesques on a cross-hatched ground, bands of floral meander above and below, mounted as a lamp
11 ½ in. (29.2 cm.) high
IRAN, LATE 16TH CENTURY
Of tapering cylindrical form with flaring base, the sides with light vertical facets engraved with chevron bands of meandering arabesques on a cross-hatched ground, bands of floral meander above and below, mounted as a lamp
11 ½ in. (29.2 cm.) high
Provenance
Nelson A. Rockefeller, New York.
Acquired from the estate of the above 1979.
Acquired from the estate of the above 1979.
Literature
R. Ellsworth et al., The David and Peggy Rockefeller Collection: Arts of Asia and Neighboring Cultures, New York, 1993, vol III, p. 395, no. 295.
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