Duck candlestick around 1150-1200 Khorasan (Hammered copper, repoussé, engraved, inlaid) Khorasan, is a historical region lying northeast of Greater Iran, including northeastern Iran, much of Central Asia and Afghanistan.

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This candlestick was made with a single sheet of metal. The ducks in round bump on the shoulder, the felines in semi-round bump and the bosses in relief which chant the wall were not fixed on the object, but created by hammering of the interior the thin metallic sheet. The virtuoso artist who made the candlestick is unknown, as is his recipient. The cartridges that may have

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Size: 3148px × 3672px
Photo credit: © Peter Horree / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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