ID 932162
Lot 17 | A SIIRT SILVER-INLAID BRONZE CANDLESTICK WITH ARMENIAN INSCRIPTION
Estimate value
£ 40 000 – 60 000
SELJUK ANATOLIA, FIRST HALF 14TH CENTURY
The waisted body with a shallow sloping shoulder, the cylindrical neck supporting a hipped mouth, the body with a central band of arabesque motifs interrupted by three large roundels depicting hunting scenes, a band below with a field of scrolling vines with roundels featuring confronted animals, a band above with a similar field and roundels depicting court entertainers, the base with a band of angular kufic, the shoulder with the remains of floral decoration and a deeply-carved classical Armenian inscription, the neck with a band of angular kufic interspersed with falcons, with 'infinite key' bands above and below, the mouth with a another band of kufic alternating with geometric roundels
7 7/8in. (12.1cm.) high
Provenance
Private collection Switzerland, thence by descent in a Private German collection
| Applied technique: | Metalwork |
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| Medium: | Bronze |
| Historical era: | Seljuk dynasty |
| Place of origin: | Iran, Asia, Turkey |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects |
| Applied technique: | Metalwork |
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| Medium: | Bronze |
| Historical era: | Seljuk dynasty |
| Place of origin: | Iran, Asia, Turkey |
| 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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