Lot Essay
The principal inscription immediately below the rim consists of invocations to the Prophet, Fatima and the Twelve Imams. Below are cartouches containing Persian verses and the owner's name.
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AN EARLY SAFAVID TINNED COPPER BOWL
PERSIA, 16TH CENTURY
Of rounded form with everted sloping rim, the shoulder engraved with a band of fine continuous naskh giving invocations to the twelve Imams, a band below with further naskh cartouches alternating with arabesque, floral spray and cloudband roundels, one of the cartouches with a nasta'liq inscription giving the name of the original owner 'Ja'far b. Mira...', the main body with a band of roundels containing cloudbands alternating with arabesques divided by paired part panels of diaper, fish-scale or floral and arabesque motifs, the rim with a band of nasta'liq verse cartouches alternating with roundels, areas of surface rubbing
9 1/8in. (23.2cm.) diam.
PERSIA, 16TH CENTURY
Of rounded form with everted sloping rim, the shoulder engraved with a band of fine continuous naskh giving invocations to the twelve Imams, a band below with further naskh cartouches alternating with arabesque, floral spray and cloudband roundels, one of the cartouches with a nasta'liq inscription giving the name of the original owner 'Ja'far b. Mira...', the main body with a band of roundels containing cloudbands alternating with arabesques divided by paired part panels of diaper, fish-scale or floral and arabesque motifs, the rim with a band of nasta'liq verse cartouches alternating with roundels, areas of surface rubbing
9 1/8in. (23.2cm.) diam.