Lot 60 AN IMPORTANT AND LARGE GHAZNAVID FIGURAL HIGH-TIN BRONZE CAULDRON, PERSIA, 11TH CENTURY
Of hemispherical form, the interior finely incised with a central seated figure of a ruler, flanked by armed warriors to either side. around the inner rim runs a band of floriated kufic inscription.
The exterior is decorated with a central six-pointed star filled with palmette motifs, above which is a band of paired panels containing kufic inscriptions, while the rim is embellished with a broad band of interlacing palmette vine.
Around the inner rim, in arabic and persian: ‘baraka tamma wa ni‘ma da’ima wa salama wa sa‘ada wa ni‘ma wa baqa … bad ni‘ma bad bar zendegani’ (“perfect blessing and perpetual god’s grace, well-being and happiness, and long life … may god’s grace be upon your life).
In the exterior wall panels, the inscription repeats:
tawakkul takfa.
(“trust in god is sufficient).
Diam. ca. 36 cm.
H. ca. 14 cm.