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Candlestick with Arabic Inscriptions
Unknownfirst half of the 14th century
Brooklyn Museum
Brooklyn, New York City, United States
Details
- Title: Candlestick with Arabic Inscriptions
- Creator: Unknown
- Date Created: first half of the 14th century
- Type: Vessel
- Rights: Gift of the Ernest Erickson Foundation, Inc.
- External Link: http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/125971/Candlestick_with_Arabic_Inscriptions
- Medium: Brass, silver
- Period: Mamluk
- Inscribed: The Arabic inscription on the body of this candlestick reads, "Perpetual glory and prosperity and long life to you, O great master [of] long lived fame. Fame and glory and long life. Nobility everlasting." An abbreviated inscription appears above on the candlesticks socket: "Glory and prosperity and and [sic] long life to you, O great master of long-lived fame."
- Dynasty: Mamluk
- Dimensions: 11 3/4 x 11 in.
- Collection: Arts of the Islamic World
- Accession number: 86.227.197
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