A MONUMENTAL EARLY TINNED COPPER BRASS BASIN, LATE 15TH-EARLY 16TH CENTURY

Of beaten sheet metal, deep rounded form, the body engraved with overlapping circular medallions containing stellar motifs alternating with oblong cartouches filled with strapwork, foliate details and naskh inscriptions, with later everted rim and foot with two drill holes and inscription.
Height 31.7 cm.
Diameter 55.4 cm.

PROVENANCE
Previously in the collection at Athelhampton House, Dorset, since the 1950s.

CATALOGUE NOTE
Another deep rounded bowl from the late fifteenth century and attributed to the Master Muhammad, the cook from Aleppo, is in the Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto (inv. no. DSC04621), and features similar inscribed tinned-copper designs and form.