Candlestick (shamdan)
Candlestick
1200-1250 (made)
1200-1250 (made)
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Candlestick, cast brass with engraved and silver inlaid decoration, including conventional blessings in Arabic, and a frieze depicting planets and Zodiac constellations, western Iran, 1200-1250
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Title | Candlestick (shamdan) |
Materials and techniques | Cast brass, engraved decoration and silver inlay. Patina: brown with patches of smooth red oxide showing the object to have been excavated; extensively cleaned off one half of the object, laying bare the ochre yellow of the brass. Green deposits along the edges of the underside surface of the dished area. |
Brief description | Candlestick, cast brass with engraved and silver inlaid decoration, including conventional blessings in Arabic, and a frieze depicting planets and Zodiac constellations, western Iran, 1200-1250 |
Physical description | Candlestick, cast brass with engraved and silver inlaid decoration, including conventional blessings in Arabic, and a frieze depicting planets and Zodiac constellations, western Iran, 1200-1250 |
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Object history | Purchased for £12 from Messrs Sassoon & Co, 10 August 1892 Historical significance: This is a rare model closely related to a specimen in the Muze-ye Iran Bastan at Tehran, and to a lesser degree by a chamfered variant at the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington. |
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Accession number | 775-1892 |
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Record created | April 19, 2000 |
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