CATÀLEG

   CANELOBRE
         DE TAULA 
C/ Historiador Palau, Denia

Bronze
h: 47.5 cm; d: 26 cm
Islàmic
Fatimite
Century XI 

 

Canelobre de taula, reconstructed. It consists of three assembled parts. The base is made of spherical shell with a wing-shaped stem from which three horsetail-shaped pots emerge; it is topped with a truncated-cone-shaped pivot with a flat, curved stem. The shaft is placed on this pivot and consists of a spherical shaft, a column with a hexagonal and flat section, and a spherical shaft with a broken finish to support the top plates. The plateret is formed by a truncated cylindrical disc with a flat base, short sides and a thickened rim with a thinly rounded edge. The canopy is undecorated. It is made of bronze, with sand moulding and the fittings and the three pieces are welded together by means of tin welding.
The canelobre is one of the new ones found in the set of bronzes from Dénia and it is a very singular piece, as so far no similar examples have been found on the peninsula. They were studied in part by J. Zozaya and probably arrived in Dénia as part of the presents that the Fatimid caliph sent to the Taifa Iqbal al-Daula in gratitude for the food sent to help the famine in Egypt in 1055.
CS: 7701
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