with swollen body and short, straight neck, in copper alloy with chiseled decoration, inlaid with gold and silver, and black clay. The belly is decorated with four oblong cartouches calligraphic with votive formulas alternating with circular medallions animated by gro of three figures depicting a sovereign enthroned flanked by two members of his court wearing a flabellum. The neck is decorated with a braided frieze, the bottom of engraved lambrequins and hardly legible inscriptions, one of which in a pear-shaped cartouche (on the added part) certainly giving the name of the owner. A silver and gold-inlaid brass basin, "tas", Iran, Fars, 14th century. HIGH. 12 CM  DIAM. 22 CM  FOOTNOTES: For a basin with a similar decoration, see: Melikian-Chirvani AS (1982), "Islamic Metalwork from the Iranian World", London: HMSO, N°98, p. 213.