A N IMPRESSIVE SAFAVID TINNED COPPER BOWL
PERIOD | 17TH CENTURY |
|---|---|
ORIGIN | Persia |
DIMENSIONS: | 18.8cm. diam. 9.4cm. height |
DESCRIPTION: | Of deep rounded form with a slightly everted rim, rising from a short thin foot, the body engraved with a design of Arabesques’s and interlacing split and full palmettes, with a band under the rim comprising scrolling palmette vines, against a nielloed, hatched ground, base of foot with calligraphic stamp. |
PROVENANCE: | Sotheby’s Sales Room London. inscriptions Under the base: bande-ye shah-e din [hu[sam al-din ‘The servant of the king of religion [Hu]sam al-Din’ |
CERTIFICATE: | Comes with a certificate from the Art Loss Register. |
