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{
    "localId": "15804",
    "label": "Candlestick Base",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.459"
}

{
    "id": "15804",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.459",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Candlestick Base",
    "description": "Throughout Islamic history, sultans, princes, and court officials have been active art patrons. This impressive candlestick base was commissioned by Zayn al-Din Kitbugha, who served as saqi, official cupbearer, at the court of the Mamluks in Egypt before ascending the throne in 1294. The heraldic emblem of Kitbugha’s office, a stemmed cup (inscribed in a circle), features prominently in the candlestick’s decoration. Despite its elaborate design, Kitbugha used the candlestick in his household storeroom or pantry.This base was originally combined with a neck and socket—today in Cairo—which together could bear the weight of a single monumental candle.",
    "provenance": "Dikran Kelekian, New York and Paris; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1925, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "ca. 1290 (Mamluk; Bahri)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.459",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Metal",
        "candleholders",
        "candlesticks"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_54.459_VwK_DD_T10.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_54.459_VwK_DD_T10.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_54.459_VwK_DD_T10.jpg",
    "imageCount": 9,
    "pageCount": 9,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 26.5,
            "height": 32.5
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 10 7/16 x Diam: 12 13/16 in. (26.5 x 32.5 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Egyptian-Islamic",
    "style": "Mamluk",
    "inscriptions": [
        "[Transcription] Inscribed base and neck: Zayn al-Din Kitbugha;  [Translation] Inscribed base in thuluth script: This is one of the things made for the servery of the lofty authority",
        "the lordly",
        "the great amir",
        "the conqueror",
        "the holy warrior",
        "the just",
        "al-Zayni",
        "Zayn al-Din Kitbugha al-Mansuri al-Ashrafi (of the households of the sultans Qalawun and Khalil)"
    ],
    "dynasty": "Bahri Dynasty",
    "reign": "Zayn al-Din Kitbugha (AD 1294-1296)",
    "med": "brass, inlaid with silver, gold, copper",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6182",
        "15679"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "ISL"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "13",
        "209",
        "475"
    ]
}

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    "seq": 7,
    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PS1_54.459_Top_DD_T10.jpg",
    "mediaId": "92099ae646230a47"
}