Candlestick
BackDescription:
Candlestick; cast brass engraved and inlaid with gold and silver; the neck is screwed into the shoulder; decorated on the body with three animal combats divided by western-shields bearing bird in top half. A black substance hihlights the decoration.
Object type: | candlestick |
Museum number: | 1878,1230.721 |
School/style: | Veneto-Saracenic Style |
Culture/period: | Mamluk dynasty |
Date: | 1423 (circa) |
Production place: | Made in: Damascus |
Findspot: | Found/Acquired: Palestine |
Materials: | brass, gold, silver |
Technique: | cast, engraved, inlaid |
Dimensions: | Height: 12.50 cm Diameter: 8.30 cm (base) |
Location: | 10 |
Exhibition history: | Exhibited: 2009 6 Feb-24 May, Bern, Zentrum Paul Klee, 'In Search of the Orient: From Bellini to Klee' 2008-2009 28 Sept-11 Jan, Munster, Landesmuseum fur Kunst und Kulturgeschichte, 'Destinations of Desire' 2007 26 Mar-8 Jul, USA, New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Moments of Vision - Venice and the Islamic World 2006 2 Oct-2007 18 Feb, France, Paris, Institut de Monde Arabe, Moments of Vision - Venice and the Islamic World |
Subjects: | animal, bird, animal-fighting |
Acquisition names: | Bequeathed by: John Henderson |
Acquisition date: | 1878 |
Curator's comments:
On the origin of this type of metalware: D. Behrens-Abouseif, "Veneto-Saracenic Metalware, a Mamluk Art", Mamluk Studies Review 9 (2005) 147-172.
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