Weiner Mihályné szerk.: Az Iparművészeti Múzeum Évkönyvei 8. (Budapest, 1965)

HOPP FERENC MÚZEUM — MUSÉE FERENC HOPP - Ferenczy, László: A Saljuk bronze from Iran. A present from Sir Aurel Stein

The word al-madd was used parallel with al-baraka in the 10th century and with al-yumn in the 11—12th centuries. It occurs frequently on ceramics of Central Asia. The fact that its spelling had been reduced to a single letter, dal, proves its popularity; this occurs on our bronze several times. This completely disfigured and rudimentary from of the word al-madd may be dated to the end of the 11th and the 12th centuries.

42 After the above article had been set up in type, I was able to consult a recent exhibition catalogue which displays a bronze „base of a lampstand" from the Kabul Museum {Ancient Art from Afghanistan. Treasures of the Kabul Museum. New York, 1966. p. 137, Nr. 107). Its shape is similar to that of the stand of our bronze. The arrangement of the decorative elements is essentially the same. Instead of the three lions there are two lions and two bulls represented in high relief, their heads protruding. The incised medallions show equestrian hunters and birds. The openings in the base indicate that the bronze served also as an incense burner. In the opinion of Benjamin Rowland the object was possibly made in Ghazni and may be dated to the twelfth century. All this strengthens the dating and localization of our bronze. 42 EoAbuiuKoe, ÖT.: ApaőcKHe HaariHcH Ha nojiHBHoíi i<epaMHi<e CpeAHeft A3HH 9-12 BB. 3ntirpa$HKa BocTOKa Vol. XII.. Moscow, 1958. p. 35.