A Safavid tinned copper bowl with slightly everted neck decorated with a band of calligraphy interspersed with flowerheads above scrolling arabesques -- 4in. diam; another tinned copper bowl with calligrpahic neck between bands of interlocking geometric patterns -- 3¾in. diam; and another tinned copper bowl of shouldered form and a flaring neck with calligraphic neck above florettes and hanging pendants -- 4in. diam, 17th century and later. (3)