Lot Essay
The inscriptions around the shoulder are the two opening distyches of Hafiz beginning dil miravad za dastam sahibdilan khudara:
'My heart goes forth from one hand; help, O pious ones
Oh the pain that the hidden mystery should be disclosed
Our boat is stranded! O fair breeze arise
It may be that I may behold the face of the Beloved'
Inscribed on the base is an owner's name, 'Sultan 'Ali b.Muhammad Siraj Nadushi
A companion kashkul of copper with the same dimensions and similar decoration is in the Victoria and Albert Museum, cf. Melikian, p.253f.
For a discussion of the style seen on this piece and its possible attribution to the Aq Qoyunlu Turkman region, see Allan, pp.153-159
Allan, J.W.: Metalwork of the Turcoman dynasties of Eastern Anatolia and Iran, in 'Iran', Volume XXIX, 1991
Melikian-Chirvani, A.S.: Islamic Metalwork from the Iranian world 8th-18th centuries, Victoria and Albert Museum catalogue, London 1982
Rosenzweig-Schwannan, V.R.von: Der Diwan des Grossen Lyrischen Dichters Hafis, Vienna, 1958, no 6, pp.16-19. (Variants: farda for darda; nishashtaha'im for shikastaganim)
'My heart goes forth from one hand; help, O pious ones
Oh the pain that the hidden mystery should be disclosed
Our boat is stranded! O fair breeze arise
It may be that I may behold the face of the Beloved'
Inscribed on the base is an owner's name, 'Sultan 'Ali b.Muhammad Siraj Nadushi
A companion kashkul of copper with the same dimensions and similar decoration is in the Victoria and Albert Museum, cf. Melikian, p.253f.
For a discussion of the style seen on this piece and its possible attribution to the Aq Qoyunlu Turkman region, see Allan, pp.153-159
Allan, J.W.: Metalwork of the Turcoman dynasties of Eastern Anatolia and Iran, in 'Iran', Volume XXIX, 1991
Melikian-Chirvani, A.S.: Islamic Metalwork from the Iranian world 8th-18th centuries, Victoria and Albert Museum catalogue, London 1982
Rosenzweig-Schwannan, V.R.von: Der Diwan des Grossen Lyrischen Dichters Hafis, Vienna, 1958, no 6, pp.16-19. (Variants: farda for darda; nishashtaha'im for shikastaganim)