A MAMLUK SILVER-INLAID BRASS CANDLESTICK

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31.03.2022 10:30UTC +01:00
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Lot 34 | A MAMLUK SILVER-INLAID BRASS CANDLESTICK
A MAMLUK SILVER-INLAID BRASS CANDLESTICK

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







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Anon. sale in these Rooms, 11 October 2005, lot 39
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