First half of the 17th Century

Persia

23 Cm Round

Cast of high-quality bell metal, the bowl with rounded walls, mounded rim and foot, and raised domical Centre, the interior incised in naskh script with the whole of Sura Ya Sin and eight further lines of combinations of magic numbers and letters, the exterior incised with the twelve signs of the zodiac regularly spaced with figures in Akbar-period turbans separated by Qur’anic verses, prayers and other pious phrases, the base with concave domical recess, Qur’an: Surat al-Baqara (II), verses 255 (the Ayat al-Kursi, (The Throne Verse) -256; the whole of Sura Ya Sin (XXXVI)

Qur’an, Surat al-Mumin (XL), verse 60.

Calligraphy in the Arts of the Muslim World, Asia Society New York: the Cincinnati Art Museum; the Seattle Art Museum; and the St. Louis Art Museum, 1979

The Indian Heritage. Court Life under Mughal Rule, The Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1982

Sacred Symbols of Islam, Harvard Art Museums, 1980-81

Saints, Shrines Pilgrimages, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Harvard University, 1991

Glory and Prosperity: Metalwork in the Islamic World, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Harvard University, 2002

Affable color and rich patination, excellent condition, some rubbing, as viewed.

UK Market

Welch

A.1979, pp.186-7, no.80

London 1982, p.148, no.495

Comes with a certificate from the Art Loss Register