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A FOOTED TINNED COPPER BASIN Iran, late 18th - early 19th century? Of compressed hemispherical shape, resting on a splayed conical foot, with slightly everted rim, three main registers of decoration, the first on the neck engraved with bold nasta'liq?calligraphy invoking the Twelve Imams and Fatima against scrollwork of spiralling vegetal tendrils, below it a band of tri-lobed palmettes within vegetal frames, the final register engraved with the typical pattern of alternated cusped medallions and arabesques, filled with diamond-shaped motifs, 34.5cm diam.? Inscription on the neck: ????? ?? ??? ??????? ????? ? ???????? ??? ? ?????? ????? ??????? ???? ? ????? ??? ??? ??? ?????? ??? ??????? ???? ??????? ???? ??????? ???? ? ????? ??? ? ????? ???? ? ????? ??? ? ????? ???????? ????? ??????Notes: Islamic & Indian Art