© 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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