A MONUMENTAL OPENWORK BRASS TORCH STAND
Qajar Iran, 19th century

Of tapering cylindrical shape, resting on a gently splayed base, the stand composed of separate sections joined together with protruding rings, the whole body pierced and engraved with Zand-style cusped cartouches and roundels in-filled with a plethora of figures including Qajar youths in garden settings, enthroned rulers, heroes slaying dragons or divs, jinns and demons, hunters, predators and preys, a hermit, riders, and many more, all reserved against lush openwork scrolling vegetal meanders and rosette sprays, the rings and rim with bands of interlocking split palmettes, featuring a regardant dragon head handle on either side, 78cm high.