A SAFAVID-STYLE TINNED COPPER EWER
Possibly Iran or Deccan, Central India, 18th century

Of typical pyriform shape, resting on a splayed conical foot, rising to a tapering, faceted neck with a large bulging ring towards the mouth, with a curved handle and upward-turned, tapering, flower-collared spout, the exterior engraved with typical motifs encountered on Safavid tinned copper vessels including vertical scrolling vegetal bands on the body, palmette and rose trellis friezes around the shoulders and rim, and chevron patterns on the handle and spout, 36cm high.