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, repair to foot 

inscriptions

The first two couplets from a mathnavi by Sa’di

For a similar inscription, see Melikian Chirvani 1982, p. 309.

Followed by another two couplets (unidentified and not all deciphered)