A DECCANI ENGRAVED TINNED COPPER SAUCER WITH NAD-E 'ALI SHI'A PRAYER
Deccan, Central India, 18th century

Of shallow rounded shape, resting on a short splayed foot, with a curved and everted rim, the interior engraved with five overlapping horizontal lines filled with thuluth epigraphic inscriptions reading Nad-e 'Ali and Shi'a prayers against a hatched ground, framed within a crown of petal motifs and a scrolling band around the rim, 14.5cm diam.