A Large Safavid Cast Brass Columnar Torchstand, Persia, Late 16th-17th Century

of cylindrical form with a splayed base the shaft with diagonal fluting, the base incised with scrolling floral and foliate bands, the neck with a calligraphic band against a cross-hatched ground between further scrolling floral bands

Pitting and patination, 4 drill holes to shaft originally for handles, as viewed
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inscriptions
Two couplets of a Persian ghazal by the poet Hayrati. For similar occurrences, see Melikian-Chirvani 1982, nos.139 and 140.

Original owner's name on the shaft as:  'For its owner Shams al-Din Muhammad al-Hasani'

Later owner's name in a four-lobed cartouche as:  'Mehdi al-Husayni'