AN OTTOMAN BRASS TORCHSTAND in four parts, with tapering cylindrical base, expanding to a flattened shoulder rising through a long cylindrical neck with a number of bosses and a central flaring saucer to a tulip-shaped boss supporting a cup with rounded body, short neck and raised slightly everted rim decorated with raised and engraved simple bands, attached by screw threads, the engraved cup with a short waqf inscription, (minor damage to saucer) | Christie's

Lot 191

191

AN OTTOMAN BRASS TORCHSTAND in four parts, with tapering cylindrical base, expanding to a flattened shoulder rising through a long cylindrical neck with a number of bosses and a central flaring saucer to a tulip-shaped boss supporting a cup with rounded body, short neck and raised slightly everted rim decorated with raised and engraved simple bands, attached by screw threads, the engraved cup with a short waqf inscription, (minor damage to saucer)

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AN OTTOMAN BRASS TORCHSTAND in four parts, with tapering cylindrical base, expanding to a flattened shoulder rising through a long cylindrical neck with a number of bosses and a central flaring saucer to a tulip-shaped boss supporting a cup with rounded body, short neck and raised slightly everted rim decorated with raised and engraved simple bands, attached by screw threads, the engraved cup with a short waqf inscription, (minor damage to saucer)
23½in. (60cm.) high

Lot Essay

The inscription around the bowl can be translated,'this candlestick is given in waqf to Imam Musa al-Kazim by Salih bin Qamar', presumably referring to the shrine at Kazimain.

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