A SAFAVID TINNED-COPPER BOWL

PERIOD:
17th Century
ORIGIN:
Persia
DIMENSIONS:
26×16-Cm
DESCRIPTION:
Of hemispherical form with everted rim, standing on a splayed foot, incised round the body with a group of fish head lips terminal fastened band of dancing arches in-between the engraved vine and flowerheads and intertwined arabesques.
Engraved Quranic Inscriptions cartouches in between, below the rim and below.
INSCRIPTIONS:
 
PROVENANCE:
British Science Museum, thenceforth to the European Market
CERTIFICATE:
Comes with a certificate from the Art Loss Register