IRAN, 17TH CENTURY

细节

A SAFAVID TINNED COPPER BOWL
IRAN, 17TH CENTURY
Of rounded form with slightly everted rim, on short slightly splayed foot, the exterior engraved with a central band of arabesques radiating from roundels of regular flowering vine, between borders of meandering floral pattern, an inscription band above, of nasta'liq contained within cartouches and alternating with smaller cusped medallions
11¼in. (28.6cm.) diam.

注意事项

VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 15% on the buyer's premium Please note that the lots of Iranian origin are subject to U.S. trade restrictions which currently prohibit the import into the United States. Similar restrictions may apply in other countries.

拍品专文

The isncriptions around the rim have a Persian quatrain followed by a couplet. The owner's name is given as "The servant of the King of Trusteeship, Mehr 'Ali".
A later owner has inscribed his name as Haji Sadeq