Lot Essay
The name of the original owner is inscribed in a small circular medallion and reads as Kamal al-Din Husayn Hawrani.
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CENTRAL ASIA, LATE 15TH/EARLY 16TH CENTURY
Details
A LATE TIMURID ENGRAVED COPPER BOWL
CENTRAL ASIA, LATE 15TH/EARLY 16TH CENTURY
Of typical form, the rounded body engraved with elegant floral sprays on hatched ground within hanging medallions with palmettes finials, interspersed with rising medallions with loose quatrefoils and floral sprays, a register of elongated calligraphic cartouches in thuluth script with poetic verses above
11 3/8in. (29cm.) diam.
CENTRAL ASIA, LATE 15TH/EARLY 16TH CENTURY
Of typical form, the rounded body engraved with elegant floral sprays on hatched ground within hanging medallions with palmettes finials, interspersed with rising medallions with loose quatrefoils and floral sprays, a register of elongated calligraphic cartouches in thuluth script with poetic verses above
11 3/8in. (29cm.) diam.
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