A MAMLUK ENGRAVED CANDLESTICK BASE
EGYPT OR SYRIA, 14TH CENTURY
Estimate: £1,500 - £2,000
Auction: 11 June 2025 from 10:00 BST
Description
of truncated conical form with flaring foot, a raised rib below the upper edge, engraved and decorated in silver and remains of polychrome enamel inlay, the body with inscriptions in thuluth script interspersed by roundels containing floral motifs, all on a ground of scrolling tendrils, inscribed in two areas outside the main decoration
Dimensions
12.5cm high; 24.5cm diameter
Footnote
The inscriptions, include: a repetition of the words ‘The high and the just’, a maker's inscription ‘The work of Hadi’, and; the name of the owner ‘The owner is Taqa bint Muhammad b. al-Hasan son of the Commander of the Faithful’.
For a comparable candlestick base, see Bonhams, Islamic and Indian Art, London, 12 November 2024, lot 66.