A SAFAVID TINNED-COPPER WINE BOWL
A SAFAVID TINNED-COPPER WINE BOWL

WESTERN IRAN, LATE 16TH/EARLY 17TH CENTURY

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A SAFAVID TINNED-COPPER WINE BOWL
WESTERN IRAN, LATE 16TH/EARLY 17TH CENTURY
On conical foot, with rounded body and flaring lip, engraved with repeating spiralling tendrils, a register with nasta'liq cartouches interspersed with kneeling and sitting figures above, on hatched ground, the base inscribed
10 ¼in. (26cm.) diam.
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On the upper band: Verses refering to the spiritual journey of the Seeker of God through the arid wastes of Love for Him
On the base: A later owner’s name, Haji Hasan Muhammad Shafi Muhammad Shafi

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Behnaz Atighi Moghaddam
Behnaz Atighi Moghaddam

拍品专文

As described by Melikian-Chirvani (1982, p.330), the decoration of this bowl follows a common Shah 'Abbas I pattern. The upper part carries an epigraphic border with eight cartouches, alternated with figural pictograms. The inscriptions are in a fine nasta’liq hand and are either an extract or a complete poem whose author has not been identified. One cartouche bears the beginning of an ownership inscription, but it is not complete. Three other known examples bear close resemblance to our bowl. These include one in the Victoria and Albert Museum (inv.no.404-1884), one in Leningrad (see Maslenitsyna, 1975, pl.63) and a third example in the Musée des Arts Decoratifs (Melikian-Chirvani, 1972, pp.120-121). The epigraphic inscriptions on all these bowls contain parts of the inscriptions that features on our example. The similar size and almost identical designs on all these examples suggest that they were made in the same workshop. For a full discussion on the inscription see Melikian-Chirvani, 1982, pp.330-332, pl.151.

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