A Mamluk brass candlestick base Egypt or Syria, mid 14th CenturyA Mamluk brass candlestick base Egypt or Syria, mid 14th Centuryof splayed form with raised band to rim and foot, engraved with a large band of inscriptions in thuluth on a ground of vegetal interlace interspersed by roundels filled with concentric bands of inscriptions and floral and foliate motifs, above and below bands of foliate vines and cable designs, later engraved brass shoulder and shaft 23.8 cm. diam. max.ProvenancePrivate French collection.Inscriptions: around the body, al-maqarr al-'ali al-mawlawi al-amiri al-maliki/ al-'alimi al-'amili al-maliki al- al-kamili, 'The High authority, the Lordly, the Commander, the Possessor, the Learned, the Diligent, (an officer of) al-Malik al-Kamil'; in the roundels, al-maqarr al-'ali al-'alimi al-'amili al-maliki al- al-kamili, 'The High authority, the Learned, the Diligent, (an officer of) al-Malik al-Kamil'.The Mamluk Sultan referred to on the candlestick is likely to be Al-Kamil Sha'ban (reg. AH 746-7/ AD 1345-6).