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Lot Essay
Ownership inscriptions of female patrons such as the one on our bowl are not commonly found on works of art from the Safavid period. The lady named as the owner of our bowl must therefore have been from a prominent family. This is further supported by the existence of another tinned-copper Safavid basin which also bears the same lady's name as the owner, sold at Christie's, London, 14 October 2003, lot 118.
Stylistically the cartouche designs with animal scenes and the generous undecorated surfaces left between them place our jug with the group of metalworks that Melikian-Chirvani identifies with Western Iran and dates to late 16th and early 17th century. For examples with similar engraved decoration see Melikian-Chirvani, 1982, pp.268-270, nos. 67 and 69.
Stylistically the cartouche designs with animal scenes and the generous undecorated surfaces left between them place our jug with the group of metalworks that Melikian-Chirvani identifies with Western Iran and dates to late 16th and early 17th century. For examples with similar engraved decoration see Melikian-Chirvani, 1982, pp.268-270, nos. 67 and 69.