ID 727311
Lot 39 | A BRASS TORCH STAND (MASH'AL)
Estimate value
£ 6 000 – 8 000
IRAN, LATE 16TH CENTURY
With faceted body and splayed foot, the main register of decoration engraved with split-palmette motifs between chevrons, repeating bands of scrolling vines against a hatched ground above and below, cartouches with nasta'liq below the mouth, two openwork handles in the shape of palmettes, later owner's inscriptions around the mouth, above and below the main register
11 1⁄4in. (29cm.) high
Special notice
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| Applied technique: | Metalwork |
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| Medium: | Brass |
| Art style: | Safavid (1506-1722) |
| Place of origin: | Iran, Asia |
| Category: | Candlesticks |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects |
| Applied technique: | Metalwork |
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| Medium: | Brass |
| Art style: | Safavid (1506-1722) |
| Place of origin: | Iran, Asia |
| Category: | Candlesticks |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects |
| Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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| Conditions of purchase | Conditions of purchase |



