A Safavid Brass Candlestick, Persia, 17th century

of tapering cylindrical form faceted in the central section, with a splayed foot and everted mouth decorated with incised arabesques and flowerheads against a hatched ground, with inscription cartouche under the rim

inscription

under the rim: 'its owner Barkhurdar'

on the rim: the word 'Nawruz' which could either be a name or the Persian 'New Year'.