Western Asiatic Bronze Openwork Lamp Stand

CIRCA 12TH CENTURY A.D.

20 5/8 in. (1.9 kg, 52.5 cm high).

Hollow-formed with openwork bulb to each end and narrow columnar shaft with openwork and calligraphic detailing in low relief; discoid platter with raised rim and pierced lobes, central knotwork motif; tripod base with openwork dome and low-relief scrollwork; repaired.

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.

CONDITION

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