AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL, ANALYTICAL AND COMPARATIVE STUDY OF A CANDLESTICK FROM MOSUL

Abstract

This research deals with a study of a Mosul candlestick made of brass inlaid with red copper and silver preserved in the Sothbey collection in London. It has unique artistic features that confirm the role played by the city of Mosul in the development and prosperity of the Islamic metal artifacts industry, which derived its ingredients from the Iranian school in the Seljuk era, especially the style of Iqlim. Khorasan and moved after the fall of Mosul at the hands of the Mongols in 640 AH (1264 AD) to the Levant, Egypt and others.