A MASSIVE SAFAVID ENGRAVED BRASS KASHKUL IRAN, SECOND HALF 16TH CENTURY Of typical boat form, the ends rising to two pronounced snarling dragon-head terminals, the body engraved with two bands of cusped arabesque medallions divided by bands of floral interlace and cusped arabesques, a wide band around the mouth of elegant nasta'liq inscription cartouches on a hatched ground, floral meander around the rim, the interior with a band of alternating cusped arabesque roundels alternating with similar cartouches forming a border around similar motifs and scattered fish in the centre, very slightly rubbed, the hatched grounds with traces of red and black composition 24in. (61cm.) long
A MASSIVE SAFAVID ENGRAVED BRASS KASHKUL IRAN, SECOND HALF 16TH CENTURY Of typical boat form, the ends rising to two pronounced snarling dragon-head terminals, the body engraved with two bands of cusped arabesque medallions divided by bands of floral interlace and cusped arabesques, a wide band around the mouth of elegant nasta'liq inscription cartouches on a hatched ground, floral meander around the rim, the interior with a band of alternating cusped arabesque roundels alternating with similar cartouches forming a border around similar motifs and scattered fish in the centre, very slightly rubbed, the hatched grounds with traces of red and black composition 24in. (61cm.) long
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