AN ENGRAVED JA'FAR-STYLE BRASS DRINKING BOWL
Isfahan, Iran, late 19th century

Of hemispherical shape with a flattened and subtly concave base, the exterior engraved with two overlapping decorative registers of cartouches and roundels filled with musicians and courtly scenes in the typical bazm-o-razm style featured in the Isfahani silversmith Ja'far's creations, the rim decorated with a band of floral decoration, the bowl engraved with a geometric flower medallion, filled with rosettes and split palmettes, similar motifs echoed to the underside.

13cm diameter and 6cm high