ID 1404649
Los 29 | AN IMPRESSIVE MAMLUK SILVER-INLAID BRASS CANDLESTICK
Schätzwert
£ 150 000 – 200 000
COMMISSIONED BY SAIF AL-DIN ASANDAMUR (D.1310 OR 1311), SYRIA, LATE 13TH/EARLY 14TH CENTURY
The gently sloping body inscribed with bold thuluth calligraphy set against dense vegetal field, the inscription broken with two large lobed medallions containing depictions of mounted hunters, chevrons and vegetal scrolls above and below, the shoulder with rubbed inscriptions alternating with birds in flight, the drip tray with an inscription running around it, the neck with a design of roundels against a field of birds within interlaced strapwork, the wide mouth with calligraphy, the interior with later tughra-style owners mark, restoration to drip tray
13in. (33.1cm.) high; 13 3/8in. (33.9cm.) diam.
Provenance
Private Collection, France, 1970s, by repute, thence by descent until 2020
Engraved
Around the body: al-maqarr al-'ali al-mawlawi al-kabiri al-saifi Asandamur al-silahdar al-mansuri al-nasiri, 'The high authority, the lordly, the great Sayf [al-Din] Asandamur the sword bearer, [officer of] al-Mansur [and] al-Nasir'
Around the drip tray: al-maqarr al-'ali al-mawlawi al-maliki al-mujahid al-murabiti al-mu'ayyad [...] al-kamili al-nasri al-'alimi al-'adili al-saifi Asandamur al-Silahdar al-mansuri al-nasiri, 'The high authority, the lordly, the possessor, the holy warrior, the defender, the supporter [...] the perfect, the victorious, the learned, the just Asandamur the sword-bearer [the officer of] al-Mansur al-Nasir
Around the mouth: al-maqarr al-'ali [...] al-maliki al-saifi Asandamur al-Silahdar al-Mansuri, 'the high authority, [...] the possessor Sayf [al-Din] ] Asandamur the sword-bearer, [officer of] al-Mansur'
The interior incised with an Ottoman style tughra reading al-faqir ahmad ibn al-sarim fi sana 961 'the poor Ahmad ibn al-Sarim, AH 961 / 1553-4 AD
| Angewandte Technik: | Metallkonstruktion |
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| Kunst Stil: | Mamluken (1250-1517) |
| Herkunftsort: | Asien, Syrien |
| Kategorie des Auktionshauses: | Alle anderen Arten von Objekten, Waffen und Rüstungen |
| Angewandte Technik: | Metallkonstruktion |
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| Kunst Stil: | Mamluken (1250-1517) |
| Herkunftsort: | Asien, Syrien |
| Kategorie des Auktionshauses: | Alle anderen Arten von Objekten, Waffen und Rüstungen |
| Adresse der Versteigerung |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London Vereinigtes Königreich | |
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