A candlestick with a concave-sided body and candle holder, a concave drip tray and cylindrical neck. The body is decorated with three large cartouches enclosing Arabic inscriptions in large thuluth script, linked with cartouches enclosing arabesques, set between two bands of geometric desgins and chains. Around the foot a band of birds and flower heads. The shoulder is decorated with three cartouches enclosing Arabic inscriptions in thuluth script linked with roundels each showing a seated figure playing on music instruments. The neck with roundels of seated musicians and lotus heads. The candle holder with roundels enclosing Arabic inscriptions and geometric designs. 40 cm. high, 34 cm. diam.Inscriptions:On the shoulder: Glory to our lord, al-Malik, the learned,the diligent, the sultan, al-Muzaffar, sultan of moslims.On the body: Glory to our lord, al-ashraf, the learner, the diligent,Saif al-Din wa al-Dawla al-Zaffer.On the candle holder: the sultan, the king, al-Nasir