A late Timurid or early Safavid tinned-copper basin, signed by Rustim Ibn Abi Tahir, Persia, 15th/16th century

of deep rounded form, with a large calligraphic band under the rim and further inscriptions in cartouches on the rim, the body with a rigorous interlace of flowers and split-palmettes against a hatched ground, maker's stamp on base

Possibly: L.A. Mayer, Islamic metalworkers and their works, Geneva, 1959, p.80.

In general good condition, minor losses to rim edge and cracks, various knocks and abrasions consistent with age, incrustations and oxidisation to interior, as viewed.
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inscriptions

Persian verses in praise of the bowl (tas) ending with:
‘May you be in the World, as long as the World exists
May you be protected from evil creatures.
May there be happiness’