A SIIRT SILVER-INLAID BRONZE CANDLESTICK

Lot 28
25.04.2024 10:00UTC +00:00
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Lot 28 | A SIIRT SILVER-INLAID BRONZE CANDLESTICK
Estimate value
£ 30 000 – 50 000
A SIIRT SILVER-INLAID BRONZE CANDLESTICK

SELJUK ANATOLIA, MID 13TH CENTURY

The body decorated with an overall scrolling arabesque pattern interrupted by three main figural roundels depicting equestrian figures and six smaller roundels depicting musicians, the base with a band of calligraphy, the shoulder with a band of split palmettes alternating with roundels depicting a six-pointed star, rising to a cylindrical neck decorated with Arabic inscriptions, the mouth similarly decorated, inscription inside, one small area of loss to the base

7 ½in. (19cm.) diam.; 7 7⁄8in. (20cm.) high





Provenance

Acquired by Tevfik Küyaș (1916-89), Davos, Switzerland, 1960s

Private collection, Switzerland, by descent



Inscribed

Around the base, al-'izz wa al-da'im wa al-iqbal al-shamil wa al-amr al-nafidh wa al-jid al-sa'ad [wa] al-amr al-khalid [wa] al-karama al-'alia [...] wa al-birr wa al-'ada' wa al-'ata' fa'al al-sahib al-dawara al-dawla [...] al-'izz wa al-baqa' wa al-hamd wa al-thana' wa al-sahib, 'Perpetual glory and complete prosperity and penetrating command and rising good fortune [and] everlasting life [and] elevated generosity [...] and piety and favour and happiness for [its] owner. Wealth [?] ... glory and long life and praise and laudation to its owner'
Inside the base, Muhammad bin 'Abd al-Rahman al-Khilati al-Suji, 'Muhammad bid 'Abd al-Rahman al-Khilati the water seller'
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