A Safavid tinned copper shallow bowl decorated with a band of calligraphy to the neck above foliate roundels -- 5½in. diam; a tinned copper bowl with everted rim decorated with a band of calligraphy to the neck above hanging pendants, the interior with a central flowerhead surrounded with leaves -- 6¾in. diam, dated A.H.1240; and another, tinned copper shallow bowl with a calligraphic band to the neck above a band of florettes -- 6in. diam, 17th century and later.