A TIMURID DRAGON-HEADED CANDLESTICK BRASS, POSSIBLY
The waisted truncated conical base ribbed and ringed with a flattened drip-tray, the narrow cylindrical neck entwined with a pair of dragon-head sockets with open-mouths, scrolling crests and flaring nostrils.22.5 by 14 cm.CATALOGUE NOTEA related example is in the Museum of Islamic Art, Cairo, (inv. no.15201), see Komaroff 1992, pp.230-232, no.36. See also The Survey of Persian Art, vol VI, pl.1377.
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The waisted truncated conical base ribbed and ringed with a flattened drip-tray, the narrow cylindrical neck entwined with a pair of dragon-head sockets with open-mouths, scrolling crests and flaring nostrils.22.5 by 14 cm.CATALOGUE NOTEA related example is in the Museum of Islamic Art, Cairo, (inv. no.15201), see Komaroff 1992, pp.230-232, no.36. See also The Survey of Persian Art, vol VI, pl.1377.
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