A SAFAVID ENGRAVED BRASS KASHKUL
IRAN, 16TH CENTURY WITH 17TH CENTURY ADDITIONS
A SAFAVID ENGRAVED BRASS KASHKUL IRAN, 16TH CENTURY WITH 17TH CENTURY ADDITIONS Of typical boat form, each end rising into two pronounced snarling dragon-head terminals, the body engraved with two registers, the lower with four cusped medallions each extremely finely engraved with a dense pattern of arabesques and cloudband alternating with figural medallions depicting hunting scenes, the upper register with a shallowly engraved band of nasta'liq between two meandering vines, incribed with Persian verses and ending with the date in words and numbers 1062, the interior engraved with a series of fish, some rubbing and wear, areas of restoration, beak of one of the dragons missing 7 7/8in. (20cm.) high; 16in. (40.6cm.) long
A SAFAVID ENGRAVED BRASS KASHKUL
IRAN, 16TH CENTURY WITH 17TH CENTURY ADDITIONS
A SAFAVID ENGRAVED BRASS KASHKUL IRAN, 16TH CENTURY WITH 17TH CENTURY ADDITIONS Of typical boat form, each end rising into two pronounced snarling dragon-head terminals, the body engraved with two registers, the lower with four cusped medallions each extremely finely engraved with a dense pattern of arabesques and cloudband alternating with figural medallions depicting hunting scenes, the upper register with a shallowly engraved band of nasta'liq between two meandering vines, incribed with Persian verses and ending with the date in words and numbers 1062, the interior engraved with a series of fish, some rubbing and wear, areas of restoration, beak of one of the dragons missing 7 7/8in. (20cm.) high; 16in. (40.6cm.) long
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