A 14th century Fars brass bowl

A 14th century Fars brass bowl, with interlaced decoration to the rim, the body engraved with oval cartouches with thuluth prayer inscriptions interspersed with rondels containing a figure, above bands of trefoil palmettes, originally inlaid with gold and silver, with traces of silver visible, West Iran, Ilkhanid period, 23cm diameter.

See The Arts of Islam, Hayward Gallery, 8th April-4th July 1976, Exhibition Catalogue, p.184, pl. 205 for a similar example at the British Museum. Also Christie's Art of the Islamic and Indian World, 5th October 2010, lot 173 for a similar example.