A Deccani tinned copper bowl, India, 17th Century

of wide rounded form with a slightly everted rim on a splayed foot, engraved with a row of calligraphic cartouches under the rim, the central band featuring figures engaged in various activities against a lush vegetal background between two rows of entwined floral stems, with stylised palmette motifs near the foot

In good condition, traces of cleaning product within engravings, as viewed.
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inscriptions

In the long cartouches:
Call to God to bless 'The Fourteen Innocents'

In the small lobed cartouches:
The nada 'ali quatrain (twice), Qur'an, chapter LXI (al-saff), part of verse 13 and ending with: 'O Muhammad! O 'Ali'

Incised near the base: 'Its owner, daughter of Aqa Malik'
On a building, the name:  'Ja'far Qubadi' (a modern name)
On what looks like a dish cover: 'Its owner Zaynab' (or: Zinat)