A LARGE OTTOMAN ENGRAVED BRASS TRAY, OTTOMAN, 16TH CENTURY A LARGE OTTOMAN ENGRAVED BRASS TRAY, OTTOMAN, 16TH CENTURY A LARGE OTTOMAN ENGRAVED BRASS TRAY, OTTOMAN, 16TH CENTURY

A LARGE OTTOMAN ENGRAVED BRASS TRAY, OTTOMAN, 16TH CENTURY

Reference: ART3003364

A brass tray of flat circular form with everted rim, the base with central radiating roundel containing strap-work rosette, further encircled by a broad band of bold thuluth inscription, surrounded by twelve ogival medallions containing arabesques, all surrounded by an outer broad band enclosing inscriptions in thuluth script. The rim with cartouches of scrolling vine alternated with flower-heads and a simple plaited band.
Diameter: 112 cm.

Inscriptions in the tray
A poem from the famous poet Abu Al-Wafa Bin Omar Bin Abdul-Wahhab, the Shafi Mufti in Aleppo, 973 AH/1565 AD.
One of the most eminent scholars in knowledge, mastery, memorization and control in Aleppo in that time.