Copper wares such as this drinking jug were being made when the Safavids came to power. The tinned metal once shone like silver. It would have contrasted strongly with the recessed background, which was filled with a black composition. The inscription around the neck wishes the owner happiness, peace, and ‘a life that lasts so long as the turtle-dove coos’. The text below gives the titles of a Sultan Jalal. The jug once had a handle.
Pot-bellied vessel with cylindrical neck, tinned copper, with engraved decoration in horizontal bands including two Arabic inscriptions
To its owner happiness and peace, and a life that lasts as long as the turtle-dove coos, and lasting glory that shall never be laid low ...
This jug, too, once had a bright silver and black colour scheme. The inscription around the neck wishes the owner happiness, peace, and 'a life that lasts so long as the turtle-dove coos'. The text below gives the titles of a Sultan Jalal. The jug once had a handle.
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