White Bronze
Simin Lakpour
"Sefid Ruy" Book


Metal Works in Iran Bastan Museum
Hammered bowl, slightly convex bottom, convex body, straight rim

Western Iran
15th century AD
Height: 6 cm (2.4 in)
Rim diameter: 25.8 cm (10.32 in)

Decoration:
Incised. Inside is unadorned. Decoration of the outer surface includes:

First row: Waving line with dots filling its undulations;
Second row: On hatched background, 3 diptychs of Persian poetry in Thulth script;
Third row: Repetition of the first row:
Fourth row: Half-medallions filled with geometrical lines alternating with vegetal patterns.

In the center, flower with sharp-pointed petals is visible within a frame of concentric circles, themselves surrounded with band of jagged geometrical lines.

Patina:
Wart-like green corrosion covers most of the inside of the bowl.