A LARGE KHORASSAN SILVER AND COPPER INLAID BRASS BASIN

NORTH EAST IRAN, 12TH CENTURY

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A LARGE KHORASSAN SILVER AND COPPER INLAID BRASS BASIN
NORTH EAST IRAN, 12TH CENTURY
The flat base with rounded sides recurving to the flaring sixteen-sided cusped rim, the centre with a roundel of intricate interlacing strapwork issuing from a central six-pointed star and with elegant rabbit-head terminals, around this a band of silver-inlaid naskh on a ground of scrolls, two interlacing cusped bands around this issuing alternating copper and silver-inlaid drop-shapes, the rim with a further band of silver-inlaid naskh interrupted by roundels containing flowerheads, the sides with four, probably later engraved, palmettes, restoration to base, areas of corrosion, considerable inlay remaining
17¼in. (43.7cm.) diam.

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Private UK collection since 1970s from which acquired by the
present owner

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Andrew Butler-Wheelhouse

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The inscriptions on this basin are as follows:
Around the central medallion is what is probably a repat of the word al-ta[ma], 'entirety'.
Around the rim, al-'izz wa'l-baqa wa'l-dawla wa'l-thana wa'l-n'ima, 'glory and long life and wealth and praise and [God's] grace' and repeated al-'afiya wa'l-tama, 'health and entirety'.