A rare late Mamluk or Ottoman brass candlestick with name of Qansuh Al-Ghawri, probably Egypt, 16th/17th century,

the body beaten and hammered, of truncated conical form with a concave drip-pan and a straight cylindrical neck with torus moulding and bulbous socket, incised with stylised leaves around the body, incised Arabic inscriptions around the neck

overall good condition. brass patinated and chipped. four cracks to the base of the candlestick and one around the neck, as viewed.
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inscriptions

Round the neck:

'izz li-mawlana al-malik al-nasir qunsuh al-ghawri

'Glory to our Lord al-Malik al-Nasir Qansuh al-Ghawri'.

Later waqf inscription around the body:

waqf qadam al-rasül sana rajab 1080

'The foot of the Prophet in the year of rajab 1080 (A.D. 1669-70)'

Judging by the inscriptions, this monumental candlestick may have been made for the mosque-madrasa of the Ottoman Sultan Qansuh al-Ghawri (r. A.D. 1501-1516) in Cairo which contained relics of the Prophet Muhammad.  Certainly it was made for a Mamluk religious foundation, possibly as part of an Ottoman refurbishment, a common Ottoman practice (see Petsopoulos 1982, p.37, cat. no.19). The inscription on the neck in thuluth and the six-petalled rosette are typical Mamluk characteristics. Al-Ghawri built in Mecca and Medina as well as in Cairo.