A SILVER AND COPPER-INLAID BRONZE CANDLESTICK KHORASAN, AFGHANISTAN OR NORTH EAST IRAN, SECOND HALF 12TH CENTURY Of tapering octagonal form with flat shoulder rising to a short cylindrical neck with stepped rounded mouth, each side of the body decorated with a silver-inlaid medallion with arabesques, the corners with copper and silver-inlaid rosettes, a band of panelled kufic below interspersed with continuous knot motifs, similar motifs alternating with rosettes above, the shoulder with a band of naskh alternating with rosettes, the mouth with kufic panels and rosettes, slight restoration 9 ¼in. (23.5cm.) high
A SILVER AND COPPER-INLAID BRONZE CANDLESTICK KHORASAN, AFGHANISTAN OR NORTH EAST IRAN, SECOND HALF 12TH CENTURY Of tapering octagonal form with flat shoulder rising to a short cylindrical neck with stepped rounded mouth, each side of the body decorated with a silver-inlaid medallion with arabesques, the corners with copper and silver-inlaid rosettes, a band of panelled kufic below interspersed with continuous knot motifs, similar motifs alternating with rosettes above, the shoulder with a band of naskh alternating with rosettes, the mouth with kufic panels and rosettes, slight restoration 9 ¼in. (23.5cm.) high
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