Bonhams 1793 : A Safavid tinned-copper Bowl Persia, 17th Century

With rounded sides, high shoulder and narrow neck, engraved to sides with alternating medallions and lobed cartouches containing a dense design of split-palmette arabesque, combatant animals and seated figures, inscription panels above
24.5cm diameter

Sold for £1,000 inc. premium

Footnotes

The inscriptions comprise: a benedictory quatrain and a phrase in Persian; and the owner's name as "Its owner Shatir Muhammad Laghar Khabbaz (The slender baker)".

The word shatir has various meanings, one being a baker; another is a footman, who went ahead of kings and rulers and were known to be fast runners, who also delivered letters and wore special clothes.

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