Lot 31
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A SILVER-INLAID BRASS CANDLESTICK
A SILVER-INLAID BRASS CANDLESTICK
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A SILVER-INLAID BRASS CANDLESTICK

FARS, SOUTH IRAN, 14TH CENTURY

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A SILVER-INLAID BRASS CANDLESTICK
FARS, SOUTH IRAN, 14TH CENTURY
The body decorated with a wide band of thuluth interspersed with three roundels depicting mounted knights, on scrolling arabesque ground, the neck with similar ground interspersed with alternating geometric and scrolling arabesque roundels, most of the silver inlay now lacking
10in. (25.3cm.)
Provenance
Otto Bernheimer (1884-1960)
Private Bavarian collection
From which acquired by the present owner
Engraved
al-mawlana sultan, al ‘azam malik ri'qab, al-umam sultan al-salatin, ‘our lord the King, the most powerful ruler, King of the Kings of all nations
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Lot Essay

The style of calligraphy and the content of the benedictory inscriptions of our candlestick relate to the most typical dedications on Fars metalwork. The calligraphic cartouches here are divided with three medallions each encompassing an elegant horseman with varying crops.
A very similar Fars candlestick base is in the Aron collection (Allan, 1986, p.136, pl.36). A brass Fars candlestick of comparable design was sold in these Rooms, 11 April 2000, lot 270. Another extraordinary example of a Fars candlestick formerly in The Collection of Charles Gillot (1853-1903) was sold at Christie’s, Paris, 4 March 2008, lot 8.

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