Drum of a Candlestick

Description Conservation Exhibitions Provenance Credit

Description A large inscription band is engraved around the center, interspersed with four medallions, each containing two seated figures.

Conservation

Date	Description	Narrative
10/18/1966	Treatment	cleaned; coated
1/24/1972	Treatment	cleaned

Exhibitions

Exhibition of Persian Art. Iranian Institute, New York. 1940.
Art of Persia. Ithaca College Museum of Art, Ithaca. 1966-1967.

Provenance Dikran Kelekian, New York and Paris [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1925, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

Credit Acquired by Henry Walters, 1925

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Creators

Syrian (?) (Artist)
Egyptian (?) (Artist)

Period

late 13th-early 14th century (Mamluk)

Medium

brass and silver
(Metal)

Accession Number

54.522

Measurements

H: 8 x Diam at base: 12 11/16 in. (20.3 x 32.2 cm)

Geographies

Egypt (Place of Origin)
Syria (Place of Origin)

Location Within Museum

Not On View