A Timurid Pierced tinned copper candlestick, Persia, 15th Century

the body of truncated conical form with flanged base, the shaft of cylindrical form rising to the socket with everted rims, elegantly pierced and engraved with entwined floral and foliate forms

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The dominant feature is the open work design, the edges of which cut very precisely.  We can compare the decoration, particularly the complexity of the design with the complicated intwined illuminations of early Timurid manuscripts, such as the Hermitage Khamsa of Nizami, Herat, dated A.H. 835/A.D. 1431 (see Lentz, & Lowry 1989, p.336-337, cat. no. 38, plate p. 205). One underlying reason for this graphical approach to decoration may be the developing taste for highly luxurious products under the Timurids, usually done under the supervision of the royal scriptorium. The quality of the decoration of our piece indicates that it was made in such an environment. Another open work candlestick closely related to the present example is in the Keir Collection (see Fehervari, G., London 1976, p. 85, cat. no.100, pl. 34a).