Candlestick
NEP12
Location: On Display in the Middle East Galleries
From: Persia
Curatorial Section: Near Eastern
| Object Number | NEP12 |
| Current Location | Middle East Galleries - On Display |
| Culture | Persian |
| Provenience | Persia |
| Period | Mohammedan |
| Date Made | 1200-1299 CE |
| Section | Near Eastern |
| Materials | Bronze | Silver | Brass |
| Technique | Inlaid |
| Iconography | Arabic Inscription |
| Inscription Language | Naskhi |
| Description | Bronze inlaid with silver. Martinovitch notes: "The Arabic inscription, in Naskhi four time repeated: a) on neck; b) on cover; c) on upper panel, and d) on lower panel. Contains good wishes to the owner 'permanent triumph, and enduring happiness, and growing posperity.' " "Bears Arabic inscription in plaited Kufic script repeated on the neck, edge of cover, and upper and lower bands reading: "Permanent triumph and enduring happiness and growing prosperity to the owner." Upper part attached later." |
| Height | 35.56 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 33.02 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from H. Kevorkian, 1925 |
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