A Large Gilt-Copper (tombak) Candlestick, Turkey, 16th/17th century

the large truncated conical body surmounted by a flat drip tray, with a tall ridged cylindrical neck and bulb-shaped candleholder 

In fairly good condition, some rubbing and loss of gilding, small crack to drip tray, minor knocks and dents consistent with age, drill hole to one side near rim, as viewed.
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This elegant tombak candlestick is of a form characteristic of the Ottoman tradition in this period. The almost flat drip tray and tall neck broken only along its length by one broad and one narrow moulding is typical of a group which were used to decorate Ottoman monuments of the sixteenth and seventeenth century (Allan and Raby 1982, p.46, no.33). The candleholder resembles the schematic form of a tulip head, another uniquely and iconic motif of Ottoman art.