ID 727118
Lot 32 | A MAMLUK SILVER-INLAID BRASS CANDLESTICK
Estimate value
£ 12 000 – 18 000
SYRIA OR EGYPT, LATE 13TH OR FIRST QUARTER OF THE 14TH CENTURY
With cast sloping body, flat shoulder, tubular neck and sloping mouth, the body with a band of thuluth interrupted by three bird roundels with a diaper star at the centre, the shoulder with a band of vines and a band of kufic interrupted by roundels, the neck with a further thuluth inscription and various minor bands, rubbed, most silver missing, owner's name inscribed on the interior
7 1⁄2in. (19cm.) high
Provenance
Collection of a Diplomat
| Applied technique: | Metalwork |
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| Medium: | Brass |
| 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 |
| 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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| Conditions of purchase | Conditions of purchase |



