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LOT 0225
Western Asiatic Bronze Openwork Lamp Stand
CIRCA 12TH CENTURY A.D.
23 1/4 in. (4.4 kg, 59 cm high).
Hollow-formed with openwork bulbs and interstitial flanges to the shaft; broad discoid platter with raised rim and pierced lobes; tripod base with openwork dome and low-relief scrollwork.
Provenance
with a London, UK gallery 1971-early 2000s.
Literature
Cf. Fehérvári, G., Islamic Metalwork of the Eighth to the Fifteenth Century in the Keir Collection, London, 1976, item 97, for type.
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LOT 0225
Western Asiatic Bronze Openwork Lamp Stand
Estimate £1,500 - 2,000€1,740 - 2,320 (for guidance only)$2,030 - 2,700 (for guidance only)
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