Yazar
Unknown
Basım Tarihi
1250
Basım Yeri
Siirt (made) -
Konu
Animals Hunting Birds Vegetal Decoration Roundels
Tür
Diğer
Dil
Belirlenmemiş dil
Dijital
Evet
Yazma
Hayır
Fiziksel Boyutlar
Height: 19.9cm, Diameter: 19.6cm
Kütüphane
Victoria and Albert Museum
Demirbaş Numarası
M.711-1910
Kayıt Numarası
M.711-1910
Lokasyon
Middle East Section
Tarih
1250
Notlar
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.
