A MAMLUK BRASS CANDLESTICK BASE

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£ 5 000
Auction dateClassic
31.03.2022 10:30UTC +01:00
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CHRISTIE'S
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United Kingdom, London
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ID 727396
Lot 31 | A MAMLUK BRASS CANDLESTICK BASE
A MAMLUK BRASS CANDLESTICK BASE

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
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