(Arthur Upham Pope)
1930-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
Base of a Lamp Stand with Benedictory Inscription, between 1150 and 1250
- Islamic, Iranian
Leaded arsenical brass
- Overall: 12 1/4 × 19 13/16 inches (31.1 × 50.3 cm)
City of Detroit Purchase
30.447
On View
- Islamic N120
Department
Islamic Art
- Palmettes
- Arabesques
- Base (object component)
- Lamp (lighting device component)
- Circular
- Leaded
- Brass
- Hooves
- Iran
- Persia
- Birds
Details
This base of a lampstand demonstrates the extraordinary delicacy and power of Seljuk metalwork. It is decorated with Kufic inscriptions bestowing blessings on the owner. Openwork designs of linked roundels and intertwined palmette scrolls adorn the surfaces.
Bulletin of the DIA 12, no. 8 (May, 1931).
Islamic, Iranian, Base of a Lamp Stand with Benedictory Inscription, between 1150 and 1250, leaded arsenical brass. Detroit Institute of Arts, City of Detroit Purchase, 30.447.
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