An engraved Ottoman candlestick, circa 1500. Two-piece cast brass with a screwed in stem, surrounded by engravings of silver brocade separated by scrollwork. Stem set off by a baluster. The socket somewhat charred from the effects of flame, and a piece broken from the rim. The surfaces have been cleaned with acid. Height cm. Diameter cm. Cf. a very similar piece in the Washington, DC, Freer Gallery of Art. Inv. No. , illustrated in Yanni Petsopoulos' "Tulips, Arabesques, and Turbans: Decorative Arts from the Ottoman Empire. " No. 22 historic, his,
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