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*A SAFAVID COPPER BATH PAIL? PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT EUROPEAN PRIVATE COLLECTION Iran, 17th century Of typical compressed baluster shape, resting on a plain circular base, rising to a flared globular shoulder and narrowing down onto a straight short neck, the body, rim and handle cast separately, engraved and filled with a black substance against a cross-hatched ground, the rim and foot ornate with a repeating band of heart-shaped tendrils of stylised palmettes; below the rim six lobed cartouches with calligraphic nasta'liq?inscriptions of poetical composition (qat'e) interspersed with quatrefoils; the rest of the body decorated with fine spiralling scrolls of Timurid-inspired split palmettes, arabesques, stylised lotus flowers and lobed cartouches filled with Chinese-inspired cloudbands, the handle with more arabesques and fretwork bands on the sides, an ownership inscription on the interior of the rim,19.7cm diam. and 17.8cm high.? Inscription around the neck:? ??? ???? ?? ?? ???? ?? ?? ???? ??? ???? ??? ?????? ?? ?? ???? ?? ?? ???? ?? ??? ?? ?? ?????? ??? ???? ??? ???? ? ???? ????? ?? ?? ???? ?? ??? ?? ?? ?????? ???? ?? ?? ??? ?? ?? ???? ???? For your hammam, oh freshly blossomed new rose // the sun turned into this gold bucket and the crescent moon in its handle // Because when my moon arrives at the hammam // my eyes fill with water like this bucket and my eyebrow becomes its handle // Because when my moon arrives at the hammam // I wash the sole of her feet with the water in my eyes. Signature on the neck: ????? ???? ??? ??? ????? ??? ??? Saheb-e Mohammad Khan ibn Khaje Mir Khan Ownership signature: ????? ???? ??? ?? ????? ?????? Saheb-e Mohammad Reza ibn Darvish Baqari (?) For a similar bucket, please see A. S. Melikian - Chirvani, Islamic Metalwork from the Iranian World 8th - 18th centuries, 1982, pp. 306 - 307, fig. 135. Differently from the published example, our bucket doesn't present any decoration on the underside. However, the overall decorative vocabulary and composition seem to be the same. Indeed, both buckets present six epigraphic cartouches on the rim, among which the name of the owner is engraved; they are both inscribed with examples of poetical fragments or qat'e; their shapes are identical; and their decorative motifs, though slightly different, are drawn from the same stylistic vocabulary present on 17th-century Safavid metalwork.? * Please note that this lot is subject to import VAT at a preferential rate of 5% on the Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on the Buyer’s Premium.Notes: Islamic & Indian Art