DECCAN, CENTRAL INDIA, CIRCA 17TH CENTURY

For similar vessels with calligraphic inscriptions, mostly made of bronze or tinned brass and attributed to the Deccan, Golconda or Aurangabad, 16th and 17th century, see Mark Zebrowski, Gold, Silver & Bronze from Mughal India, London, 1997, pp.338-343 and in particular cat.560, 561 and 562, p.343.