A Mamluk tinned-copper basin with name and blazon of Emir Faris al-Nasiri, Syria or Egypt, 15th century

of rounded form on a short foot, main body with thick band of vertical lobed cartouches alternately left blank or filled with key-fret motifs, surmounted by a band of geometric and vegetal panels, two with inscriptions, interspersed with roundels, four with blazons, later owner's name 'Hajj Muhammed Ibn Zeydan', dated 1184 AH/1770 AD

In generally good overall condition, original foot ring re-soldered, some oxidisation to interior, some scuffs and knocks, as viewed.
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inscriptions

'This was made for his excellency, the Lord Faris Al-Nasiri, the grand Emir, may his triumph be glorified'

Two later added names:

Hajj Muhammad Ibn Zeydan, 1184 AH/ 1770 AD

Al-Faqir Yusuf Ibn Muhammad

This blazon was used by a number of Emirs in the end of the fifteenth/beginning of the sixteenth century (See Mayer 1933, p.265).