Ring Stand
Ring Stand
1180-1230 (made)
1180-1230 (made)
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The base in the shape of a shallow bowl, with very low curving sides rising from a central low conical boss and finishing with a flat, everted rim. The rim is decorated with a simple, silver-inlaid guilloche. The bowl's interior is decorated with a silver-inlaid inscription, the apices of the script terminating in human faces seen three-quarters looking left. The inscription is set against a ground of inter-laced, scrolling foliage.
The central boss is inlaid with silver in the design of inter-laced, scrolling bi-lobed half-palmettes. Rising from the boss is an elaborate finial, comprising, from the base upwards, a central compressed knop, then another knop moulded with the figures of six birds projecting outwards. Above this is a thick moulding on which rests a cock, clearly moulded with an upwards curving tail and flapping wings. The centre of the central stem is hollow.
Patina: Mostly red oxide with touches of green sulphurous copper.
The central boss is inlaid with silver in the design of inter-laced, scrolling bi-lobed half-palmettes. Rising from the boss is an elaborate finial, comprising, from the base upwards, a central compressed knop, then another knop moulded with the figures of six birds projecting outwards. Above this is a thick moulding on which rests a cock, clearly moulded with an upwards curving tail and flapping wings. The centre of the central stem is hollow.
Patina: Mostly red oxide with touches of green sulphurous copper.
Object details
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| Title | Ring Stand (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Raised brass with engraved decoration partly inlaid with silver. |
| Brief description | Brass, engraved decoration partly inlaid with silver. |
| Physical description | The base in the shape of a shallow bowl, with very low curving sides rising from a central low conical boss and finishing with a flat, everted rim. The rim is decorated with a simple, silver-inlaid guilloche. The bowl's interior is decorated with a silver-inlaid inscription, the apices of the script terminating in human faces seen three-quarters looking left. The inscription is set against a ground of inter-laced, scrolling foliage. The central boss is inlaid with silver in the design of inter-laced, scrolling bi-lobed half-palmettes. Rising from the boss is an elaborate finial, comprising, from the base upwards, a central compressed knop, then another knop moulded with the figures of six birds projecting outwards. Above this is a thick moulding on which rests a cock, clearly moulded with an upwards curving tail and flapping wings. The centre of the central stem is hollow. Patina: Mostly red oxide with touches of green sulphurous copper. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | (Persian; thuluth; The sloping area of the shallow bowl.; engraved)
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| Object history | Bought for £90 from Georges Tabbagh, 39 Rue Lafayette, Paris, 19 October 1927 Historical significance: Several other pieces of the same type have occasionally appeared on the market, none giving a clue to its actual purpose. |
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| Bibliographic reference | Melikian-Chirvani, A.S. Islamic Metalwork from the Iranian World London:HMSO, 1982, p121-122, ISBN 0 11 290252 9 |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | M.872-1927 |
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| Record created | March 18, 2003 |
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