ABSTRACT

This study introduces a hitherto unknown brass candlestick at the Museum of Islamic Art in Doha, Qatar (inv. no. MW.152.1999) inscribed with an endowment inscription that indicates that it was donated to the mausoleum of Imam Musa al-Kazim in Kazimayn, Iraq. The candlestick is analysed in depth because its inscriptions – not only the endowment one but also the poetical ones – have the potential to shed some light on the cultural and religious settings in which poetically inscribed brass candlesticks were produced and meant to be used. The study focuses on the surface decorations and the poetical inscriptions on the candlestick and those on some related pieces. It also examines contemporary primary sources such as biographical anthologies of Persian poetry and dynastic chronicles. Based on these investigations, it is argued that the object in question was produced in Iran, circa 1600, most probably in Kashan, the long-established centre of the Twelver Shiʿite population and the city where poets had a close relationship with craftsmen.

摘要

本研究介绍了卡塔尔多哈伊斯兰艺术博物馆中迄今不为人知的黄铜烛台（inv. no. MW.152.1999），上面刻有捐赠铭文，表明它被捐赠给了 Kazimayn 的 Imam Musa al-Kazim 陵墓，伊拉克。对烛台进行了深入分析，因为它的铭文——不仅是捐赠的铭文，还有诗意的铭文——有可能揭示一些文化和宗教背景，这些诗意铭刻的黄铜烛台是在何种文化和宗教背景下生产和使用的。研究的重点是烛台和一些相关件上的表面装饰和诗词题词。它还检查了当代的主要来源，例如波斯诗歌和王朝编年史的传记选集。基于这些调查，