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LOT 1009
Western Asiatic Bronze Openwork Lamp Stand
CIRCA 12TH CENTURY A.D.
22 in. (3.1 kg, 56 cm high).
Hollow-formed with openwork columnar shaft and low-relief calligraphic bands, openwork bulb to each end; broad discoid platter with raised rim; tripod base with openwork dome and low-relief scrollwork.
Provenancewith a London, UK gallery 1971-early 2000s.
LiteratureCf. 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 1009
Western Asiatic Bronze Openwork Lamp Stand
Estimate £800 - 1,000€930 - 1,160 (for guidance only)$1,080 - 1,350 (for guidance only)
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