A Khorasan silver and copper-inlaid bronze Lamp-Stand and Oil Lamp
Persia, late 12th/ early 13th Century
in three sections comprising a tripod base, waisted shaft and circular tray, with allover incised and inlaid decoration; the tripod base with three legs with diagonal supports and six tear-drop shaped recesses, each with a pole-medallion containing a palmette vine curving up to a lobed rim with inscription cartouches, with triangular facets with geometric decoration between, the three legs terminating in hooves, alternating with chamfered joints; the shaft in the form of waisted mouldings variously with bands of kufic inscription, medallions of palmette vine and lobed panels; the tray with raised section with a central roundel containing a bird within concentric bands of cursive inscription and a trefoil border, the vertical exterior with a cable-band, the rim with inscription cartouches with roundels in between; the lamp on flaring facetted foot, with tear-drop shaped spout, loop handle with bud-shaped finial, the top with silver inlaid kufic inscription and copper-inlaid bands
total height 38.5 cm. high(4)
Estimate:
£4,000 - 6,000
4,700 - 7,000
US$ 6,000 - 9,100
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Category:
Islamic and Oriental Art
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Islamic and Indian Art
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