candlestick
- Museum number
- 1954,1016.1
- Description
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Bronze candle-stick; decorated with silver inlays depicting male human figures with inscriptions. The main design consists of a frieze of dancing figures with clasped hands, appearing between roundels containing polo players and hunters.
- Production date
- 14thC
- Dimensions
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Diameter: 14.50 centimetres (above)
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Diameter: 19.30 centimetres (below)
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Height: 10.80 centimetres
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Height: 4.50 inches
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- Decorated with images of men enjoying princely pastimes, this candlestick would probably have provided light in a palatial context at the Mamluk courts in Egypt and Syria. The main design consists of a frieze of dancing figures with clasped hands, appearing between roundels containing polo players and hunters.
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
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Exhibited:
2012 - 2013 7 Aug - 27 Jan, BM, 'Fair Play: Heroes, Athletes & Princes in Islamic Art'
- Acquisition date
- 1954
- Department
- Middle East
- Registration number
- 1954,1016.1
