Flat Tripod Stand
Stand
after 1220 (made)
after 1220 (made)
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| Place of origin |
The dish has a flat base and low sides with a flat everted rim. Three, vase-shaped legs.
On the rim, nine cartouches frame foliate scrolls. These are spaced by roundels inlaid with copper discs.
The sides are undecorated.
The inner surface has seven copper discs inlaid at its centre, forming a rossette pattern. They are embedded in the loops of engraved interlacing bands, which in turn interlace with a broader surrounding band of foliate scrollwork. Nine engraved trilobed motifs project from the outermost grooved, plain band.
Patina: dull brown and green corroded surface, waxed.
On the rim, nine cartouches frame foliate scrolls. These are spaced by roundels inlaid with copper discs.
The sides are undecorated.
The inner surface has seven copper discs inlaid at its centre, forming a rossette pattern. They are embedded in the loops of engraved interlacing bands, which in turn interlace with a broader surrounding band of foliate scrollwork. Nine engraved trilobed motifs project from the outermost grooved, plain band.
Patina: dull brown and green corroded surface, waxed.
Object details
| Category | |
| Object type | |
| Title | Flat Tripod Stand (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Bronze cast in one, with engraved decoration partly inlaid with copper |
| Brief description | Middle East, Metalwork. Bronze nine sided stand with a narrow projecting rim on three ball feet, decorated with floral scrolls and circles in copper inlay, probably Eastern Iran, after 1220; Islamic, Persia. Inter-departmental transfer to MES, RF 2011/1170. |
| Physical description | The dish has a flat base and low sides with a flat everted rim. Three, vase-shaped legs. On the rim, nine cartouches frame foliate scrolls. These are spaced by roundels inlaid with copper discs. The sides are undecorated. The inner surface has seven copper discs inlaid at its centre, forming a rossette pattern. They are embedded in the loops of engraved interlacing bands, which in turn interlace with a broader surrounding band of foliate scrollwork. Nine engraved trilobed motifs project from the outermost grooved, plain band. Patina: dull brown and green corroded surface, waxed. |
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| Object history | Purchased for £8 from Bluett & Sons, 48 Davies St, London, W1, 17 October 1927. From the collection of Captain H.W.Murray. |
| Bibliographic reference | Melikian-Chirvani, A.S. Islamic Metalwork from the Iranian World, London:HMSO, 1982, p158-159, ISBN 0 11 290252 9 |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | M.863-1927 |
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| Record created | March 12, 2003 |
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