Candlestick with Repeating Seated Figure, Inscription, and Flowers

Unknown

second half 14th century · Brass; cast, engraved, and originally inlaid with silver · Islamic Art

The socket is decorated with a zigzag band interrupted by oval medallions. The central register shows peonies interspersed among large lobed medallions of seated figures and elongated panels containing Arabic inscriptions.

Artist

Unknown

Date

second half 14th century

Medium

Brass; cast, engraved, and originally inlaid with silver

Department

Islamic Art

Credit line

Edward C. Moore Collection, Bequest of Edward C. Moore, 1891