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Ottoman candlestick (© Ashmolean Museum Oxford)
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© Ashmolean Museum Oxford

Ottoman candlestick

Artist: Turkish

Location: Ashmolean Museum

Date: 16th Century

Materials: brass

Dimensions: 53 x 26 cm

Grant:

Amount Paid: £5,000 (Total: £35,000)

Vendor: Axia Fine Art

Review number: 3609 (1991)

Description:
Tulip shaped with engraving and niello inlay around the candleholder. Size suggests it was used in a mihrab or mosque rather than domestic or even court setting. Stalactite work above the doorway of the 16th century mosque of Zal-Mahmud Pasha near Istanbul, contains finials of almost identical shape to the tulip candleholder of the candlestick. Possible that it was one of a pair for the building and part of the overall decorative scheme of the building.

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