A SILVER-INLAID BRONZE CANDLESTICK, WEST IRAN OR FARS, MID-14TH CENTURY
A SILVER-INLAID BRONZE CANDLESTICK
WEST IRAN OR FARS, MID-14TH CENTURY
Of bell-form with waisted body, flattened shoulder and narrow cylindrical neck terminating in a concave moulded socket, engraved and inlaid in silver, the main field of decoration on the body with three roundels enclosing interlocking geometric floral design each filled with a pair of confronted birds, the ground with of T-fret patterns and split palmettes, Arabic and Persian inscription around the lower rim, the main body and the base and upper section of the neck, the neck similarly decorated with birds within three hexagrams against a ground of T-fret pattern, the socket with a band of animals, the neck and the body separate, areas of inactive green and red oxidation, in overall stable condition
9 ¾in. (24.8cm.) high; 8 1/8in. (20.5cm.) diam.
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Middle Eastern collection since 1988
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A SILVER-INLAID BRONZE CANDLESTICK
WEST IRAN OR FARS, MID-14TH CENTURY
Of bell-form with waisted body, flattened shoulder and narrow cylindrical neck terminating in a concave moulded socket, engraved and inlaid in silver, the main field of decoration on the body with three roundels enclosing interlocking geometric floral design each filled with a pair of confronted birds, the ground with of T-fret patterns and split palmettes, Arabic and Persian inscription around the lower rim, the main body and the base and upper section of the neck, the neck similarly decorated with birds within three hexagrams against a ground of T-fret pattern, the socket with a band of animals, the neck and the body separate, areas of inactive green and red oxidation, in overall stable condition
9 ¾in. (24.8cm.) high; 8 1/8in. (20.5cm.) diam.
Provenance
Middle Eastern collection since 1988
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