Candle spout (neck)
Unique ID： A011
- Attribution
- Amir Kitbughā
- Place
- Egypt
- Period
- Mamluk (690-693A.H /1290-1293 A.D).
- Material
- Copper inlaid with gold and silver.
- Owner
- Museum of Islamic Art (Egypt)
- Collection No.
- 4463
- Description
- It belongs to Amir Kitbughā who ruled from (694-696 A.H /1294-1296 A. D). It's candle stick neck topped with written ribbon which refers to his name and titles which bears that he didn't ascend the throne but he was under the leadership of Sultan al-Ashraf Khalīl b. Qalāwūn (690- 693 A.H/ 1290-1293A.D) and the text which curved on the cylindrical neck , it's a wonderful ribbon decorated with animals figures and the letters in the shape of birds heads, animals and Human beings who represent fighters with a halo a round their heads , holding many weapons such as : swords, spears, shields, arrows and bows in attacking or defending position and these all details added some ambiguity for the text but prof. Hasan al-Basha could read it " ودوام العز والبقاء والظفر بالأعداء " and the candle basin is preserved in the Walters museum of art in Baltimore in the United States of America.
- Copyright
- © Museum of Islamic Art
The images of the collection of Museum of Islamic Arts are published with the permission of the museum. - Supplementary Information
- (日本語) ウォルターズ美術館に所蔵されている燭台底部。
- Owner
- The Walters Art Museum
- Collection No.
- 54.459
- Place
- Egypt
- Period
- ca. 1290 (Mamluk, Bahri)
- Description
- Throughout Islamic history, sultans, princes, and court officials have been active art patrons. This impressive candlestick base was commissioned by Zayn al-Dīn Kitbughā, who served as sāqī, official cupbearer, at the court of the Mamluks in Egypt before ascending the throne in 1294. The heraldic emblem of Kitbughā’s office, a stemmed cup (inscribed in a circle), features prominently in the candlestick’s decoration. Despite its elaborate design, Kitbughā used the candlestick in his household storeroom or pantry. This base was originally combined with a neck and socket—today in Cairo—which together could bear the weight of a single monumental candle.
- Copyright
- The Walters Art Museum
- URL
- https://art.thewalters.org/detail/15804/candlestick-base/