A Safavid tinned copper bowl, Persia, 17th century

of deep rounded form with a slightly everted rim, rising from a short thin foot, the body engraved with a design of interlacing split and full palmettes, with a band under the rim comprising scrolling palmette vines, against a nielloed, hatched ground, base of foot with calligraphic stamp 

In good condition, with a plain interior, the tinning almost entirely lacking, small dents to body consistent with age, as viewed.
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inscriptions

Under the base:

bande-ye shah-e din [hu[sam al-din

‘The servant of the king of religion [Hu]sam al-Din’