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Candlestickabout 1342-46

Not on view
Brass or bronze candlestick with a wide bell-shaped base, cylindrical shaft, and stepped socket, surface covered in dense engraved vegetal and medallion decoration
Cast bronze candlestick with a wide bell-shaped base, raised molded rings, vertical ribbed decoration on the body, and a cylindrical socket with stepped rim; warm brown patina with darker areas.
Cast bronze candlestick with wide bell-shaped base tapering to a narrow cylindrical shaft and flared socket, warm olive-brown patina with engraved decorative bands around the base and shaft.
Cast bronze candlestick with a wide bell-shaped base, cylindrical stem, and flared socket, showing warm brown patina and engraved banded decoration around the base.
Title
Candlestick
Place Made
Egypt or Syria
Date Made
about 1342-46
Medium
Brass, originally inlaid with gold and silver
Dimensions
15 3/4 x 14 1/4 in. (40.01 x 36.20 cm)
Credit Line
The Madina Collection of Islamic Art, gift of Camilla Chandler Frost
Accession Number
M.2002.1.6
Classification
Metal
Collecting Area
Art of the Middle East: Islamic
Curatorial Notes

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).

Selected 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.