ID 828796
Lot 23 | A MAMLUK PIERCED BRASS HANGING LAMP
Estimate value
£ 40 000 – 60 000
EGYPT OR SYRIA, BODY LATE 15TH CENTURY, KNOP LATE 13TH CENTURY
Of tapering hexagonal form, the silver-inlaid domed knop, from a different original lamp, with a similarly shaped finial and hanging loop and decorated with floral motifs and a kufic honorific inscription interrupted by three circular blazons each with a single-headed eagle, each side panel pierced and engraved with scrolling floral designs around a central similar roundel, a panel of honorific thuluth above and below, two of the sides with hinged doors which close together along the side ridge
14 1/2in. (37cm.) high
Provenance
Anon sale, Christie's, London, 10 October 1989, lot 532
| Applied technique: | Metalwork |
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| Medium: | Brass |
| Art style: | Mamluk (1250-1517) |
| Genre: | Religious genre |
| Place of origin: | Egypt, Africa, Asia, Syria |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects |
| Applied technique: | Metalwork |
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| Medium: | Brass |
| Art style: | Mamluk (1250-1517) |
| Genre: | Religious genre |
| Place of origin: | Egypt, Africa, Asia, Syria |
| 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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