Matthew Thomas
Senior Specialist
Lot 19
A Khorasan silver and copper inlaid brass Candlestick Persia, 12th Century
8 October 2013, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond Street£60,000 - £80,000
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A Khorasan silver and copper inlaid brass Candlestick
Persia, 12th Century
Persia, 12th Century
of faceted waisted octagonal form extruded to points at the corners of the flat shoulder with slightly sunken centre, the tubular neck with rounded mouth, each of the sides with a central cartouche with knotted terminals containing a crescent and inlaid abstract vine surrounded by four rosettes, the shoulder with inlaid inscription band
21cm. high x 26cm. diam.
21cm. high x 26cm. diam.
Footnotes
Inscriptions:
Around the shoulder in cursive,
al-'izz wa al-iqbal / wa al-dawla wa a / l-salama wa al-sa'a / da wa al-shafa'a wa a/l-qina'a wa al-fira /gha wa al-raha wa al-tamma wa al-.....,
'Glory and Prosperity and Wealth and Well-being and Happiness and [Prophet's] Intercession and Contentment and Repose and Ease and Entirety and ...'