Calligraphic Dish, ca. 1600, Attributed to India, Deccan, Bijapur, Copper alloy; cast, H. 1/4in. (0.6cm), Metal, The central inscription on this dish is a slightly altered form of the Shi'i profession of faith and the passages around it are from the Qur'an. This dish is one of a group of about twenty objects decorated with superb thuluth script, the specific function of which is unknown
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Calligraphic Dish, ca, 1600, Attributed, India, Deccan, Bijapur, Copper alloy, cast, H, 1/4in, 0.6cm, Metal, central, inscription, dish, slightly altered, form, Shi, profession, faith, passages, Qur', group, twenty objects, decorated, superb thuluth, script, specific function, unknown
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