Een islamitische bronzen kandelaar op drie poten met gegraveerd decor, Syrië, 16de eeuw of vroeger

H 27 cm

This type of a tripod candlestick was already known in the ancient Persian Empire, as an example from the ca. 5th C. in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, shows (link). The use of this type continued for centuries, as a 13th-C. example in the collection of The Met proves (link).