A LARGE TINNED COPPER SAFAVID BOWL
Iran, 17th - 18th century

Of compressed rounded shape, on a gently rounded plain base, with narrow shoulders and flared cylindrical neck ending in an everted circular rim, the engraved decoration on the exterior divided into two main bands, one below the rim with rectangular calligraphic cartouches combining different poetic verses with auspicious wishes, abundance and blessings for the owner interspersed with stylised lotus flowers roundels, the latter on the main body with alternating full and halved cusped medallions filled with intertwined split palmettes, stylised rosette sprays, Chinese cloud bands and a pair of deer, all against a hatched ground, a contemporary ownership inscription reading Fakhruddin Ali bin ..., and a later hand-engraved ownership inscription on one side reading The Property of Aman Khanom, 28.5cm diam.