Base of Lamp-Stand
Lamp Stand
1150 - 1200 (cast)
1150 - 1200 (cast)
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A polylobed platform with convex slanting rim rests on three hooved legs. The surface of the platform is created by six lotus-bud-shaped cups, their tangent sides curving up to a hexagonal rim and thereby defining triangular facets sloping down from the rim. On the rim itself a short, slightly waisted shaft supports an element shaped like a footed vase with bulbous body and outcurving neck.
Around the foot of the vase-shaped section is a band of guilloche. Below, on the shaft and on the hexagonal rim, , six circles are joined by a guilloche.
The platform combines geometric and figurative motifs. On the slanting triangular facets inserted between the lotus-bud-shaped cups and the heaxagonal rim, triangles are engraved.
Patina: purplish red to black-red with small areas of green deposits.
Around the foot of the vase-shaped section is a band of guilloche. Below, on the shaft and on the hexagonal rim, , six circles are joined by a guilloche.
The platform combines geometric and figurative motifs. On the slanting triangular facets inserted between the lotus-bud-shaped cups and the heaxagonal rim, triangles are engraved.
Patina: purplish red to black-red with small areas of green deposits.
Object details
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| Title | Base of Lamp-Stand (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Bronze cast in two with engraved decoration |
| Brief description | Middle East, Metalwork. Lampstand base, bronze, Iran, 12th century, Islamic. Inter-departmental transfer to MES, RF 2011/1170. |
| Physical description | A polylobed platform with convex slanting rim rests on three hooved legs. The surface of the platform is created by six lotus-bud-shaped cups, their tangent sides curving up to a hexagonal rim and thereby defining triangular facets sloping down from the rim. On the rim itself a short, slightly waisted shaft supports an element shaped like a footed vase with bulbous body and outcurving neck. Around the foot of the vase-shaped section is a band of guilloche. Below, on the shaft and on the hexagonal rim, , six circles are joined by a guilloche. The platform combines geometric and figurative motifs. On the slanting triangular facets inserted between the lotus-bud-shaped cups and the heaxagonal rim, triangles are engraved. Patina: purplish red to black-red with small areas of green deposits. |
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| Object history | Bought for £100 from Mr Alfred Spero, 9 January 1953 |
| Historical context | It can be speculated that the object belonged to a community connected with esotericism - such as Sufi congregations. |
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| Bibliographic reference | Melikian-Chirvani, A.S. Islamic Metalwork from the Iranian World, London:HMSO, 1982, p87-88, ISBN 0 11 290252 9 |
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| Accession number | M.2-1943 |
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| Record created | March 18, 2003 |
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