A Fars silver-inlaid brass bowl, Persia, 14th Century

with rounded base, inverted sides and flattened rim, engraved with a series or roundels of alternating inscription-filled cartouches and roundels containing scenes of enthroned rulers with attendants, the interstices with geometric motifs, the base with a repeat design of interlinked palmette cartouches filled with floral motifs, the interior with a central roundel surrounded by fish, herons and other animals
18 cm. diam.

Inscriptions: al-'izz li-mawlana al-sultan/ al-a'zam malik riqab al-umam/al-sultan al-saltin al-/'arab wa al-'ajam al-ghazi al-'adil, 'Glory to our Master, the greatest sultan, the one who curbs the necks of nations, the Sultan of the sultans of the 'Arabs and the Persians, the conqueror, the just'.

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