ID 727321
Lot 34 | A MAMLUK SILVER-INLAID BRASS CANDLESTICK
Estimate value
£ 60 000 – 80 000
EGYPT OR SYRIA, PERIOD OF SULTAN AL-MALIK AL-NASIR MUHAMMAD, R.1293-1341
The base engraved and inlaid with a band of bold thuluth honorific inscriptions on a ground of scrolling vines interspersed by roundels containing scrolling vines with further inscriptions, raised wheatsheaf and meandering floral bands above and below, the shoulder with a similar band of honorific inscription, the neck with a lattice of floral sprays, the mouth with further inscriptions, drilled in the base and around the base of the neck and mouth, some silver remaining
14in. (35.5cm.) high
Provenance
Anon. sale in these Rooms, 11 October 2005, lot 39
| Applied technique: | Metalwork |
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| Medium: | Brass, Silver |
| Art style: | Mamluk (1250-1517) |
| Place of origin: | Egypt, Africa |
| 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 |
| 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 |



