Bowl and box, Iran, 20th century Two silver pieces with chased decoration. The bowl, with its lip underlined by small turquoise pearls, is decorated on its outer wall with a frieze of cartouches alternately decorated with foliage and festive scenes, the bottom with a radiating design decorated with flowers. The circular box with domed lid and lined floral decoration populated with birds. The bowl is signed Ja'far. Bowl diameter: 16 cm; box diameter: 13 cm; weight: 584 g Slight dents and scratches, minor traces of oxidation, small pearls missing.