A pair of Cairoware silver and copper-inlaid candlesticks, Egypt or Syria, 20th century
Auction Closed
March 31, 12:40 PM GMT
Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
both of typical form, the necks detachable from bases, inlaid with silver and copper with an interlacing geometric design, calligraphic bands above and below
2
each: 20cm. height; 19cm. max. diam.
inscriptions
'Glory to our lord the Sultan, a-Malik al-Nasir, the learned, the just'
'Glory, perpetuity, gratitude, praise, discernment, victory over enemies, splendour, magnificence, generosity, liberality, triumph, honour, nobility, high rank, wealth, happiness, favour, ease, mercy, prosperity, carefree eminence, good luck, sufficiency, God's providence, authority, rising fortune... Muhammad ibn Sadr al-Din Yusuf ibn Salah al-Din'
The design on these candlesticks, with interlacing geometric strapwork surrounding four-petalled flowerheads, recalls that of a fourteenth-century Siirt candlestick previously in the Nuhad Es-Said collection, see J.W. Allan, Islamic Metalwork: The Nuhad Es-Said Collection, London, 1982, pp.66-67, no.9. It is interesting to note that the inscriptions are also the same.
'Glory to our lord the Sultan, a-Malik al-Nasir, the learned, the just'
'Glory, perpetuity, gratitude, praise, discernment, victory over enemies, splendour, magnificence, generosity, liberality, triumph, honour, nobility, high rank, wealth, happiness, favour, ease, mercy, prosperity, carefree eminence, good luck, sufficiency, God's providence, authority, rising fortune... Muhammad ibn Sadr al-Din Yusuf ibn Salah al-Din'
The design on these candlesticks, with interlacing geometric strapwork surrounding four-petalled flowerheads, recalls that of a fourteenth-century Siirt candlestick previously in the Nuhad Es-Said collection, see J.W. Allan, Islamic Metalwork: The Nuhad Es-Said Collection, London, 1982, pp.66-67, no.9. It is interesting to note that the inscriptions are also the same.