Candlestick

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Candlestick

Egypt or Syria, about 1342-46

Metal

Brass, originally inlaid with gold and silver

15 3/4 x 14 1/4 in. (40.01 x 36.20 cm)

The Madina Collection of Islamic Art, gift of Camilla Chandler Frost (M.2002.1.6)

Art of the Middle East: Islamic and Contemporary

Not currently on public view

Curator Notes

Bold calligraphic bands in the monumental thuluth script became the main decorative element on Mamluk metalwork in the fourteenth century....

Bold calligraphic bands in the monumental thuluth script became the main decorative element on Mamluk metalwork in the fourteenth century. Once lavishly inlaid with silver and gold, this brass candlestick is circumscribed by a prominent inscriptional band divided into two sections by a pair of large medallions, each bearing a smaller radial inscription. The inscribed texts supply the name and titles of the Mamluk sultan al-Salih ‘Imad al-Din Isma‘il (r. 1342–45).

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Bibliography

Lo Terrenal y lo Divino: Arte Islámico siglos VII al XIX Colección del Museo de Arte del Condado de Los Ángeles. Santiago: Centro Cultural La Moneda, 2015.
Komaroff, Linda. Beauty and Identity: Islamic Art from the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2016.

Lo Terrenal y lo Divino: Arte Islámico siglos VII al XIX Colección del Museo de Arte del Condado de Los Ángeles. Santiago: Centro Cultural La Moneda, 2015.
Komaroff, Linda. Beauty and Identity: Islamic Art from the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2016.
Komaroff, Linda. Islamic Art at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Los Angeles: Museum Associates, 2005.

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