mughalshit:Water Vessel Pakistan (likely Lahore), Mughal, 1580 - 1600 Brass, cast and engravedTh
mughalshit: Water Vessel Pakistan (likely Lahore), Mughal, 1580 - 1600 Brass, cast and engraved This water vessel was made within the Mughal empire, probably between about 1580 and 1600 and perhaps at Lahore. All the inscriptions on the outer and inner surfaces are in a bold, finely engraved naskh. The outside bears invocations to the Panj Ahl-e Beyt, or ‘Five Members of the House’ of the Prophet Muhammad, and the inside Koranic verses. The decoration is based on Safavid designs of the period of Shah Tahmasp of Iran, but the form is characteristic of the Indian subcontinent. -- source link
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