File:Clevelandart 1951.539.jpg
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Summary
Candlestick
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| Title |
Candlestick |
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| Description |
The extensive decoration is arranged in bands with roundels displaying birds in flight and foliate scrolls on a background of hexagonal swastikas. These ancient motifs are thought to have been sun symbols. |
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| Date | 1250 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medium | Sheet brass inlaid with silver | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dimensions | Overall: 24.4 cm (9 5/8 in.); Diameter of base: 21.3 cm (8 3/8 in.) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Collection |
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| Current location |
Islamic Art |
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| Accession number |
1951.539 |
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| Place of creation | Eastern Anatolia, mid-13th to mid-14th Century | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Credit line | Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Source/Photographer | https://clevelandart.org/art/1951.539 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Licensing
 
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This file is made available under the Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication. |
| The person who associated a work with this deed has dedicated the work to the public domain by waiving all of their rights to the work worldwide under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights, to the extent allowed by law. You can copy, modify, distribute and perform the work, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission.
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This file was donated to Wikimedia Commons as part of a project with the Cleveland Museum of Art. See the Open Access at the Cleveland Museum of Art.
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| current | 14:33, 21 January 2019 | | 3,362 × 3,400 (1.26 MB) | Madreiling | pattypan 18.02 |
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