A Monumental Safavid Brass basin, Persia, Late 16th/17th Century, Later dated 1115 AH/1703-1704 AD

of deep rounded form slightly narrowing at the shoulder to a raised everted rim, the body with incised decorations of sixteen alternating large and small medallions containing various animals including a lion, gazelle, tiger, fox, leopard, and hare joined together by a wavy band of ropework design and attached to arabesque arches at the top of the body, the shoulder with cartouches of inscriptions between roundels featuring animals, the rim border also decorated with alternating cartouches of inscription and an animal pair in a foliate background 

In overall good condition, with minor dents to extremities consistent with age, as viewed.
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inscriptions

In cartouches: Persian benedictory verses in praise of the basin, followed by a benedictory phrase and the name, most probably, of the maker as:

'Ibn Mirak Jan, Muhammadi Tabrizi' (unidentified)

Under the rim (above the cartouche with the name Ibn Mirak):  'It was transferred to the shrine of Mir Qasim Abarqu'i'

In the cartouches on the rim: Persian verses in praise of the basin, including: 'This basin that in clarity is like the luminous Moon'

Later owner's names incised:  Shah Muhammad ibn Habib (the name Muhammad is crossed out) and 'His [God's] servant Isma'il Hasib 1115 (1703-04)'.  There is also one in relief: 'His [God's] servant, Tatir (?) Habibullah'

A similar example is published in: A. S. Melikian-Chirvani, Islamic Metalwork from the Iranian World, 8-18th Centuries, Victoria and Albert Museum Catalogue, London, 1982, pp.317-318, no.143. Also, a slightly larger and more globular bowl is depicted in: S. Canby, Shah 'Abbas: The Remaking of Iran, The British Museum, 2009, pp.164-165, no. 79.