Matthew Thomas
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Lot 43
A Safavid engraved brass Magic Bowl Persia, dated AH 951/AD 1544
Amended
6 October 2015, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond StreetSold for £5,000 inc. premium
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A Safavid engraved brass Magic Bowl
Persia, dated AH 951/AD 1544
Persia, dated AH 951/AD 1544
of rounded form with raised central boss on a short foot, profusely engraved with inscription-filled roundels and bands, the boss with a flowerhead, the petals overlaid with lotuses and other floral motifs
9.2 cm. diam.
9.2 cm. diam.
Footnotes
Provenance
Private UK collection formed in the 1950s and thence by descent.
Inscriptions: inside, quotations from the Qur'an; close to the base, in triangular panels, repeat of benedictory Persian verses as dawlat bad/ 'aqibat khayr bad,
'May there be prosperity. May the end be good'; under the base, be-tarikh-e 27 shahr-e mobarak-e ramadan sana 951 'on 27 of the blessed month of Ramadan the year 951 (12 December 1544)'.
Saleroom notices
Please note that the diameter of this bowl is 19.2 cm and not 9.2 as stated in the catalogue.