A FARS SILVER-INLAID FIGURAL BOWL

WESTERN IRAN, 14TH CENTURY

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A FARS SILVER-INLAID FIGURAL BOWL
WESTERN IRAN, 14TH CENTURY
Of typical form, the engraved decoration with a large band of elongated medallions containing calligraphic inscriptions in thuluth script intespersed with roundels inhabited with seated figures, on dense scrolling lattice ground, issuing hanging palmettes, remains of inscription to the rim
8 1/2in.(22 cm.) diam

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The silver-inlaid inscription in thuluth script reads al-'izz li-mawlana al-a [sic] al-malik al-'azim (or al-a'zam) al-sultan al-mu'azzam riqab (al-)umam (wa) al-salatin ('Glory to our Lord the Almighty King, the Greatest Sultan, (Sovereign) of the Necks of the People and Sultans')

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