A FINE LARGE KHORASSAN PIERCED BRONZE LAMPSTAND in three sections joined with bayonet fixings, the domed base with flaring lower rim resting on three angled foot with hoof terminals, pierced with a design of scrolling tendrils forming circles enclosing curling leaves, rising to the hexagonal faceted shaft with a boss above and below, pierced with panels of interlace and knotted designs, the bosses each with a central band of similar piercing, the flat tray with vertical rim engraved with central knotted roundel, the sides with rope-pattern (slight surface encrustation, tray probably not belonging)

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A FINE LARGE KHORASSAN PIERCED BRONZE LAMPSTAND in three sections joined with bayonet fixings, the domed base with flaring lower rim resting on three angled foot with hoof terminals, pierced with a design of scrolling tendrils forming circles enclosing curling leaves, rising to the hexagonal faceted shaft with a boss above and below, pierced with panels of interlace and knotted designs, the bosses each with a central band of similar piercing, the flat tray with vertical rim engraved with central knotted roundel, the sides with rope-pattern (slight surface encrustation, tray probably not belonging)
26½in. (67.3cm.) high

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