Bidspirit auction | A PERSIAN SILVER INLAID LIDDED

A PERSIAN SILVER INLAID LIDDED BOWL, KHURASAN STYLE, 20TH CENTURY - A lidded bowl of high tin bronze, engraved and inlaid with silver. The bowl and the lid decorated with a band containing twelve roundels enclosing signs of the zodiac, it displays a complex astrological imagery, set between two bands of inscriptions in Kufic script. Inscriptions : Al-maqarr al-karim al-‘ali al-mawlawi al-maliki al-‘alimi al-‘amili al-‘adili al-maliki al-nasiri The honourable high excellency the lordly, the royal, the wise, the diligent, the just, the officer of al-Malik al-Nasir. Diameter: 16.5 cm. Height with cover: 21 cm.