A SIIRT SILVER-INLAID BRONZE CANDLESTICK SELJUK ANATOLIA, MID 13TH CENTURY

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