Art Funded
Ottoman candlestick
© Ashmolean Museum Oxford
Turkish
Ashmolean Museum
16th Century
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.
- Medium: brass
- Dimensions: 53 x 26 cm
- Art Fund Grant: £5000 ( Total: £35,000)
- ArtFunded in: 1991
- Vendor: Axia Fine Art
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