Copper basin, western Iran, 17th century Safavid In cast red copper, chased and inlaid with black paste, the basin has a swollen body surmounted by a curved neck finished with a hemmed lip. On the neck, an epigraphic frieze in Persian nasta'liq enumerating the fourteen Most Holy Ones recognized in Duodecimal Shiism. On both sides, friezes of foliage and composition in plant net covering the body. Height : 14,5 cm ; diameter : 28 cm Shocks, perforations, rust and oxidation. This basin can be compared with the basin AD 28900 of the Louvre Museum for formal and iconographic similarities. A Safavid Copper Basin, Western Iran, 17th century