A fine Khorasan high-tin bronze tazza Persia, 12th/ 13th CenturyA fine Khorasan high-tin bronze tazza Persia, 12th/ 13th Centurycast bronze, of shallow rounded form with flattened rim with raised edge, on a long splayed foot, engraved with a roundel containing an interlace of split-palmettes to the well, the sides with inscriptions in floriated kufic interspersed by palmette cartouches, the rim with a band of inscription-filled cartouches interspersed by roundels containing vegetal motifs, hatched shading to engraved areas 32.2 cm. diam.Inscriptions: to the rim bi'l-yumn wa al-barakah wa al-dawlah wawa al-salamah wa al-sa'adah wa al-shifa['ah]/ bi'l-yumn wa al-barakah wa al-dawlah wa awa al-salamah wa al-sa'adah wa al-birrbi'l-yumn wa al-dawlah wa al-birr wawa al-salamah wa al-birr wa al-shifa'ah (?) wa al-shukr wa, 'With good-fortune and blessing and wealth and well-being and happiness and (Prophet's) intercession. With good-fortune and blessing and wealth and well-being and happiness and piety. With good-fortune and blessing and piety and (Prophet's) intercession and gratitude and'; to the wall, bi'l-yumn wa al-bara/kah wa al-daw/lah wa al-salamah/ wa al-tammah wa al-ra/hmah (?) wa ...wa al-kiramah, 'With good-fortune and blessing and wealth and well-being and plenitude and (God's) mercy and ... and generosity'.Important Notice to BuyersSome countries e.g., the US, prohibit or restrict the purchase by its citizens (wherever located) and/or the import of certain types of Iranian-origin works. As a convenience to buyers, Bonhams has marked with the symbol R all lots of Iranian (Persian) origin. It is each buyer's responsibility to ensure that they do not bid or import a lot in contravention of the sanctions or trade embargoes that apply to them.