ID 727396
Lot 31 | A MAMLUK BRASS CANDLESTICK BASE
Estimate value
£ 5 000 – 8 000
EGYPT OR SYRIA, LATE 13TH CENTURY
Of truncated conical form, the body decorated with an elegant band of thuluth on a scrolling foliate ground separated by three large roundels with leafy scrolls and a central medallion with a diagonal double-saw motif, above a smaller band of knotted kufic separated by six geometrical rosettes, a raised band below and two registers of leafy vine scrolls and knotted interlace, the underside later replaced, inlay now lacking
13 1⁄8in. (33.5cm.) base diam.; 6 1⁄8in. (15.5cm.) high
Provenance
Edward Falkener, circa 1844, thence by descent
| Applied technique: | Metalwork |
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| Medium: | Brass, Silver |
| Art style: | Mamluk (1250-1517) |
| Place of origin: | Egypt, Africa, Asia, Syria |
| Category: | Candlesticks |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects |
| Applied technique: | Metalwork |
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| Medium: | Brass, Silver |
| Art style: | Mamluk (1250-1517) |
| Place of origin: | Egypt, Africa, Asia, Syria |
| Category: | Candlesticks |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects |
| Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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