A SIIRT SILVER-INLAID BRONZE CANDLESTICK WITH ARMENIAN INSCRIPTION

Lot 17
27.04.2023 10:00UTC +00:00
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ID 932162
Lot 17 | A SIIRT SILVER-INLAID BRONZE CANDLESTICK WITH ARMENIAN INSCRIPTION
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£ 40 000 – 60 000
A SIIRT SILVER-INLAID BRONZE CANDLESTICK WITH ARMENIAN INSCRIPTION

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





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Private collection Switzerland, thence by descent in a Private German collection
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