Base and Shaft of a Lampstand

1150 - 1250

Islamic, Iranian

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About the Artwork

This lampstand exemplifies the harmony of shape and design achieved by the Seljuk craftsman. Originally supporting a tray and lamp, it rests on three hooved legs. Its cylindrical shaft and base are covered with a pierced and engraved design of palmette scrolls surrounding medallions that enclose sphinxes and human-headed birds. The meaning of these magical creatures is unclear, but it appears that they are beneficent.

Title Base and Shaft of a Lampstand

Artwork Date 1150 - 1250

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Nationality Please note: Definitions for nationality may vary significantly, depending on chronology and world events. Some definitions include: Belonging to a people having a common origin based on a geography and/or descent and/or tradition and/or culture and/or religion and/or language, or sharing membership in a legally defined nation. Iranian

Culture Please note: Cultures may be defined by the language, customs, religious beliefs, social norms, and material traits of a group. Islamic

Medium Leaded brass

Dimensions Overall: 19 × 9 3/8 × 9 1/4 inches (48.3 × 23.8 × 23.5 cm)

Classification Metalwork

Department Islamic Art

Credit City of Detroit Purchase

Accession Number This unique number is assigned to an individual artwork as part of the cataloguing process at the time of entry into the permanent collection. Most frequently, accession numbers begin with the year in which the artwork entered the museum’s holdings. For example, 2008.3 refers to the year of acquisition and notes that it was the 3rd of that year. The DIA has a few additional systems—no longer assigned—that identify specific donors or museum patronage groups. 29.362

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(Arthur Upham Pope)

1929-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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Published References

Exhibition of Islamic Art. Exh. cat., M. H. DeYoung Memorial Museum. San Francisco, 1937, cat. no. 185.

Pope, Arthur Upham, ed. A Survey of Persian Art. London, New York, 1939, vol. VI, pl. 1284 A [incorrectly desinated as from the Bostom Museum of Fine Arts].

Kuhnel, Ernst. The Minor Arts of Islam. Ithaca, New York, 1963, p. 167, 134 (ill.), pp. 165, 166 [described as probably made in Khorasan, eastern Iran].

Bulletin of the DIA 58, no. 2 (1980): p. 66 (ill.).

Henshaw, Julia, ed. A Visitor's Guide: The Detroit Institute of Arts. Detroit, 1995, p. 122 [described p. 123 (ill.)].

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