A Safavid brass candlestick, Persia, 17th century

of tapering cylindrical form faceted in the central section, with a splayed foot and everted mouth, with incised decoration of interlacing arabesques, calligraphic and chevron bands, heightened with black

inscriptions

The first two couplets from a ghazal by Mulla Hayrati Tuni (d. 961/1553-4).

For the reference and similar inscriptions, see Melikian Chirvani 1982, cat. nos. 139 and 141.