A Mamluk silver-inlaid bronze candlestick base
Egypt or Syria, 14th Century
of flaring truncated conical form with raised rib above the foot and below the upper edge, with everted rim, engraved and decorated with cartouches containing inscriptions on a ground of vegetal interlace, interspersed by roundels containing further inscriptions, all on a ground of geometric interlace
13.1 cm. tall
Footnotes:
Inscriptions: to the long cartouches around the body, al-maqarr al-'ali al-mawlawi al-maliki al-ma (?)/ al-'alimi al-'amili al-maliki al-nasiri, 'The High authority, the Lord, the Possessor ... the Learned, the Diligent, (an official of) al-Malik al-Nasir'; to the roundels, repeat of al-maqarr al-'ali al-mawlawi al-maliki al-maliki al-nasir[i], 'The High authority, the Lord, the Possessor, (an official of) al-Malik al-Nasir.'

The terms al-malik al-nasir could refer to Muhammad ibn Qalaun whose copper coins bear a six-petalled rosette. He reigned three times between AH 693-4 (AD 1293-4), AH 698-708 (AD 1299-1309) and in AH 709 (AD 1310-11).

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