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Description: | Tinned copper bowl heavily decorated with all over floral designs and inscribed in Persian language at the rim. Remains of black composition (niello?) ground to the engraved decoration. The base is soldered on and decorated with a repeated zigzag and dot pattern. The bottom of the base is coated with niello and bears an old tag with the number 34. Inside of the bowl incised with four faint lines. A spot of black material stuck to the surface suggests even the inside of the bowl was coated with niello.
Inscriptions: the upper ones in Persian seem to be praising the owner and wishing that this bowl shall bring its owner power and health. Mentions the owner's name, implying a commissioned piece (owned by Khuaja Yousuf Karmou or Khwaja Jusuf Karano). On the bottom of the bowl a small inscription says (made for Yousuf Murad Khua... Karmou). Undated. Inside the top near the rim is inscribed the name of the maker, probably (.... Khajeh Murad Taj Khan) and nearby (Aberlanaz) which could be a place or the provenance of the object. Faint traces of writing (illegible) on inner rim.
Accession number: NCM 1900-44 | Subjects: | metalwork INDIAN food and drink KASHMIRI | Temporal: | 1850-1900? | Source: | Nottingham City Museums and Galleries | Creator: | maker | Identifier: | http://media.culturegrid.org.uk/mediaLib... | Go to resource |
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