Author
Unknown
Publication Date
1250
Publication Place
Siirt (made) -
Subject
Animals Hunting Birds Vegetal Decoration Roundels
Type
Other
Language
Undetermined
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Physical Dimensions
Height: 19.9cm, Diameter: 19.6cm
Library
Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID
M.711-1910
Record ID
M.711-1910
Library Location
Middle East Section
Date
1250
Notes
This candlestick comes from an area in south-east Turkey with a strong tradition of casting in bronze. When inlaid decoration was introduced from Iran, local metalworkers applied it to objects that had been cast rather than formed from sheet brass. Here the inlay has been used to create medallions with scenes of hunting and revelry interspersed with key-patterns, figures of animals and birds and plant ornament. For larger motifs metalworkers chiselled out small areas of the surface and filled them with thin sheets of silver, gold and copper. They added details by chasing the surface of the softer metals. They created contrast with a black filler. The results were, for metalwork, an unusually graphic form of decoration, often of great quality.
Malzemeler ve teknikler
Bronze, cast and turned on a lathe, engraved and inlaid with black composition Bronze Casting Turning Engraving Inlay
Fiziksel açıklama
Leaded bronze candlestick, cast and turned; engraved and (partly) inlaid with decoration including medallions with scenes of hunting and revelry, interspersed with key-patterns, animal- and bird-figures, and vegetal ornament.
Üretim
One of a group of candlesticks attributed to the Sultanate of Rum, which had its capital at Konya (Turkey) and dependencies in Armenia.
