Description

The book presented here, published by the Russian Imperial Academy of Science in 1910, is a detailed description and analysis with images of a rare and valuable ornamental bowl from Herat. The bowl, intended for carrying food, is made of bronze of a golden color, encrusted with silver and coated with red copper. The handle provides the date of creation―Muharram 559 AH (December 1163)―the names of the creators, and the name of the person for whom it was made. The surface of the bowl is divided into five ...