A TINNED COPPER EWER SAFAVID IRAN, 17TH CENTURY Of circular form with flattened sides on raised splayed foot, with arched handle and spout terminating in a dragon's head, each side of the body engraved with a stylised flowerhead medallion with a band of nasta'liq, scrolling arabesques and animals, surrounded by borders of repeating arabesques, the handle decorated with floral vine, a cartouche beneath the spout possibly with owner's name 'Mustafa Mashhadi', the other side with a figural cartouche, handle and spout possibly replaced 16 ¼in. (41.3cm.) high
A TINNED COPPER EWER SAFAVID IRAN, 17TH CENTURY Of circular form with flattened sides on raised splayed foot, with arched handle and spout terminating in a dragon's head, each side of the body engraved with a stylised flowerhead medallion with a band of nasta'liq, scrolling arabesques and animals, surrounded by borders of repeating arabesques, the handle decorated with floral vine, a cartouche beneath the spout possibly with owner's name 'Mustafa Mashhadi', the other side with a figural cartouche, handle and spout possibly replaced 16 ¼in. (41.3cm.) high
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