IRAN, LATE 16TH CENTURY

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A BRASS TORCH STAND (MASH'AL)
IRAN, LATE 16TH CENTURY
With faceted body and splayed foot, the main register of decoration engraved with split-palmette motifs between chevrons, repeating bands of scrolling vines against a hatched ground above and below, cartouches with nasta'liq below the mouth, two openwork handles in the shape of palmettes, later owner's inscriptions around the mouth, above and below the main register
11 1⁄4in. (29cm.) high

Engraved

Special notice

This lot has been imported from outside of the UK for sale and placed under the Temporary Admission regime. Import VAT is payable at 5% on the hammer price. VAT at 20% will be added to the buyer’s premium but will not be shown separately on our invoice. The USA prohibits the purchase by US persons of Iranian-origin “works of conventional craftsmanship” such as carpets, textiles, decorative objects, and scientific instruments. The US sanctions apply to US persons regardless of the location of the transaction or the shipping intentions of the US person. For this reason, Christie’s will not accept bids by US persons on this lot. Non-US persons wishing to import this lot into the USA are advised that they will need to apply for an OFAC licence and that this can take many months to be granted.

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Lot Essay

In the cartouches below the mouth: .... Husayn, 'Ali, bin Astad qatb tabakh (?).... and Sahib-e Ashraf
On the plain band above the main register: Abu al-Hasan
Around the mouth: 'Abd Muhammad Haqat and 'aavar (?)
On the plain band below the main register: Hasan

A very similar candlestick with chevron design but missing its handles sold in these Rooms, 26 April 2018, lot 58. For further examples see A.S. Melikian-Chirvani, Islamic Metalwork from the Iranian World. 8-18th Centuries, London, 1982, pl.138-140, pp. 311-313.

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