Candlestick with Repeating Seated Figure, Inscription, and Flowers

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The socket is decorated with a zigzag band interrupted by oval medallions. The central register shows peonies interspersed among large lobed medallions of seated figures and elongated panels containing Arabic inscriptions.

Candlestick with Repeating Seated Figure, Inscription, and Flowers, Brass; cast, engraved, and originally inlaid with silver

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