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

Fig. 3. Joining part of the Saljuk bronze, Iran At the British Museum there are two bronzes from the 12—13th centuries consisting of two parts, with a similar joining piece. They are a tripod (bought at Bukhara), and an Egyptian lamp.

3 Some tripods also have joining pieces like the middle part of our bronze.

4 At the Museum of Tehran there is a Gurgan faience candlestick of three pieces, from the second half of the 12th century, showing in the main the influence of Khurasanian bronze candlesticks of the 12th century, both in shape and ornamentation. Its base is again a tripod and at the ends of its stem we can see similar spherical parts.

5 From the above we may suppose that the three pieces of our object must have belonged together originally. But considering the above examples it is also possible that two additional parts originally belonged to the object: a cylindrical stem and a vaseshaped joining piece. Thus it could have been 15—20 cm higher. In that 3 Barrett, D.: Islamic Metalwork in the British Museum. London, 1949. PL 3, 4/a. * Harari, R,: Op. cit. Pis. 1283/D, 1284/A-C. 5 Bahrarni, M.; Gurgan faiences, Cairo, 1949. p. 44 and Pl, X.