A LARGE SAFAVID TINNED COPPER BOWL, PERSIA, DATED 1016 AH/ 1607 AD

PERIOD
17th Century
ORIGIN: 
Isfahan Persia
DIMENSIONS:
41cm. Height 40.5 cm.Diam
DESCRIPTION:
A large tinned copper bowl with compressed rounded body, narrow shoulder and straight rim. The body and lid engraved with bands enclosing interlacing flowers and split-palmettes against a hatched ground.The rim with a band containing engraved cartouches enclosing Persian inscriptions and different animals interspersed with flowers and foliage interspersed with flowers and foliage scrolls.
PROVENANCE:
The Parish Church of Saint Mary the Virgin. Culverhay, Wotton-under-Edge, England
CERTIFICATE:
Comes with a certificate from the Art Loss Register