To Be Sold With No Reserve A silver inlaid engraved copper alloy...

To Be Sold With No Reserve

A silver inlaid engraved copper alloy bowl,

Fars, western Iran, 14th century

Of typical form, the well engraved with swimming fish, the decoration to the body consisting of seated figure within roundels reserved against a dense interlocking and scrolling vines, a band of repeating roundels above and below, register of strapwork above, the base with inscribed roundels, one lobed, possibly an owner's and maker's mark, one reading Hajji Muhmmad 'Abd (al?) Sami('a?), one giving the date of AH1156 and the name of Muhammad

mouth 19.4cm. diam., bowl 26.cm. diam.

Provenance: Property of a Private UK Collection acquired prior to 1979