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LAHORE OR DECCAN, NORTH OR CENTRAL INDIA, LATE 16TH OR 17TH CENTURY
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A BRASS EWER WITH CALLIGRAPHIC DECORATION
LAHORE OR DECCAN, NORTH OR CENTRAL INDIA, LATE 16TH OR 17TH CENTURY
Rising from a wide trumpet foot through a bulbous body with flattened sides tapering to a cylindrical neck with pronounced knop widening to mouth with wide flattened rim with cusped palmette terminal, curved spout, the flattened sections of the body with drop-shaped cartouches containing elegant inscription against engraved striated grounds, surrounded by roundels containing further elegant inscriptions with the names of the Prophet and his descendants on a ground of scrolling floral vine, the front and back with further nasta'liq inscription roundels issuing small cusped palmettes, two calligraphic roundels on the neck, foot with a band of geometric strapwork, the neck and base of the spout repaired
13in. (33cm.) high
LAHORE OR DECCAN, NORTH OR CENTRAL INDIA, LATE 16TH OR 17TH CENTURY
Rising from a wide trumpet foot through a bulbous body with flattened sides tapering to a cylindrical neck with pronounced knop widening to mouth with wide flattened rim with cusped palmette terminal, curved spout, the flattened sections of the body with drop-shaped cartouches containing elegant inscription against engraved striated grounds, surrounded by roundels containing further elegant inscriptions with the names of the Prophet and his descendants on a ground of scrolling floral vine, the front and back with further nasta'liq inscription roundels issuing small cusped palmettes, two calligraphic roundels on the neck, foot with a band of geometric strapwork, the neck and base of the spout repaired
13in. (33cm.) high
刻印
In the large roundels on the body, repeat of Qur'an I, sura al-fatiha
On the neck, a repeat of the call to bless Muhammad, and in the small roundels around the large roundels on the body, the names of the 14 innocents
On the spout, Qur'an XVII, sura al-isra', v.73 and the owner's inscription, 'Qamar al-Dawla'
In the teardrop roundel on the back. Qur'an XXXV, sura fatir, v.43 (part) and Qur'an LXVIII, sura al-qalam, v.4
On the neck, a repeat of the call to bless Muhammad, and in the small roundels around the large roundels on the body, the names of the 14 innocents
On the spout, Qur'an XVII, sura al-isra', v.73 and the owner's inscription, 'Qamar al-Dawla'
In the teardrop roundel on the back. Qur'an XXXV, sura fatir, v.43 (part) and Qur'an LXVIII, sura al-qalam, v.4
榮譽呈獻
Andrew Butler-Wheelhouse