Candlestick
Candlesticks in the shape of a truncated cone surmounted by a cylindrical shaft and a socket to accomodate a candle often flanked the mihrab in religious buildings. The same type was also used as house furnishing. The elegant inscription around the body is dedicated to an anonymous emir of the Mamluk court.
Artwork Details
- Title: Candlestick
- Date: first half 14th century
- Geography: Attributed to Egypt or Syria
- Medium: Brass; inlaid with silver
- Dimensions: H. 10 5/8 in. (27 cm)
Max. Diam. 11 3/16 in. (28.4 cm) - Classification: Metal
- Credit Line: Edward C. Moore Collection, Bequest of Edward C. Moore, 1891
- Object Number: 91.1.585
- Curatorial Department: Islamic Art
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early to mid-13th century
Farrukh ibn `Abd al-Latif
dated 715 AH/1315 CE
mid-to late13th century
late 13th–early 14th century
ca. 1321–63
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