Title: Pair of lamp stands
Date: 15th or 16th century
Location: India
Materials: copper alloy, cast
Dimensions: 112 cm x 30cm
Accession Number: MTW 1527
Other Notes:
The lamp stands have a bell-shaped base and a shaft with horizontal ribs, surmounted by a nine-spouted lamp with a stylized lotus bud at the centre. They have important features in common with a bronze oil lamp attributed to a workshop in Bengal, presented by the Mughal emperor Akbar to the shrine of Shaykh Mu‘in al-Din Chishti at Ajmer in Rajasthan.
Bibliography:
J.M. Rogers, The Arts of Islam. Masterpieces from the Khalili Collection, London 2010, cat.350, pp.294–5.
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