A Silver-inlaid Brass Candlestick, Khurasan, 12th century

composed of an eight-sided faceted base, a flattened drip pan, a short cylindrical neck terminating in a concave, lobed mouth, each facet decorated with silver inlay arabesques and flowerheads, with cartouches containing inscriptions to base, shoulder and mouth

In overall fairly good condition, surface patination and rust to exterior and interior, the rim with disjointed part to interior and breaks to metal, restored silver addition along base of one of the facets, as viewed.
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inscriptions

Around the rim in Kufic:

bi'l-yumn wa al-bara/ka wa al-dawla wa/al-salama wa al-ta/mma (?) wa al-sa'ad[a]

'With Good-fortune and Blessing and Wealth and Well-being and Plenitude (?) and Happiness'

Around the shoulder in cursive:

al-'izz wa al-iqbal/ wa al-dawala wa al-zi/yada wa al-'inaya / wa al-qana'a wa a/l-tamma wa al-da/wama wa al-kir/ama wa al-bikr/a wa al-'afiya

'Glory and Prosperity and Wealth and Abundance and Sympathy and Contentment and Plenitude and Endurance and Generosity and novelty and Health'

Around the base in Kufic:

bi'l-yumn wa al-baraka wa al-dawla/ wa al-salama wa al-sa'ada wa al-tamma wa al-shifa'a wa al-'afiya wa al-bikra/ ..../ [al-r]aha wa al-rahma wa al-shukra wa a/l-shakira wa al-ni'ma wa al-ta/'a wa l-kifaya wa al-baqa da'im/ ...../

'With Good-fortune and Blessing and Wealth and Well-being and Happiness and Plenitude and [Prophet's] Intercession and Health and Novelty ..... Ease and Mercy and Gratitude and Gratefulness and [God's] Grace and Devotion and Sufficiency and ever-lasting Long-life'