A Safavid tinned-copper Bowl
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A Safavid tinned-copper Bowl
Persia, dated AD 1602
with rounded base and straight sides rising to a slightly everted rim, on a flared foot, engraved with champlevé decoration with a band of inscription in nasta'liq around the rim, below a band of semi-pole medallions containing vegetal interlace and quadrupeds each with a suspended palmette forming an arcade of mihrabs
24 cm. diam.
Estimate:
£2,000 - 3,000
€2,400 - 3,600
US$ 3,000 - 4,600

Footnotes

  • The inscriptions comprise the call to God to bless The Fourteen Innocents; and the owner's name as Bakhshi Bayg.

Category: Islamic and Oriental Art / Islamic and Indian Art

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