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Candlestick with arabesque designs and Persian inscriptions

Safavid period
17th century
Object Place: Iran

Medium/Technique Brass
Dimensions H: 28 cm (11 in.)
Credit Line Gift of the Estate of James W. Paige
Accession Number22.548
CollectionsAsia, Islamic Art
ClassificationsMetalwork

InscriptionsRiza ibn Tajir Mahabadi. "Its owner is Reza, son of the merchant from Mahabad" (city in Iranian Turkestan)
ProvenanceExecutor of Estate of J. W. Paige, May 9, 1899. (Accession date: May 4, 1922)