Chiseled Bronze Basin, Khorasan, Persia, Seljuk Dynasty, 11th-13th Century

Circular bronze basin with everted lip, engraved with a sun and calligraphy decoration in stick, from the Seljuk period.
Originating from Khorasan, Persian Empire, from the 11th-13th century.
Beautiful engravings on the rim, the lip and the center, the whole is in good condition, the engravings remain beautiful and clearly visible.
A true artifact of ancient Persia, a type of piece present in the collections of Islamic art museums.
On the rim, "botehs" typical of Persian art and medallions, the whole bordered by small serrated friezes, the center chiseled with a large stylized sun. Beautiful oxidation and slight wear of time on a magnificent patina.
Diameter: 18.2 cm, Height: 3.2 cm, weight: 539 grs The Seljuks or Saljûqides are members of a Turkic tribe.
This tribe migrated from Turkestan to the Near East before ruling Iran, then a vast domain.
Its possessions included present-day Iraq and eastern Anatolia between the middle of the 11th century and the end of the 13th century.
# The art of the Seljuks of Iran is referred to as the art produced throughout the eastern Islamic world, between the capture of Baghdad in 1055 and the Mongol invasions at the end of the 13th century.
Nomads of Turkish origin (i.e. from present-day Mongolia), the Seljuks swept across the Islamic world towards the end of the 10th century through eastern Iran (Transoxiana and Khwarezm).
They gradually established their power by playing on the enmities between the various micro-dynasties of the region and captured Baghdad in 1048, effectively ending Abbasid rule, although they retained a puppet caliph on the Baghdad throne.
The Seljuks, like their predecessors, saw their power decline over time, and many small dynasties arose in the more remote areas.
The end of the Seljuk period in Iran is estimated at 1194, although the production of objects dates from the late 12th and early 13th centuries.
This late-reign production was therefore probably carried out by small independent rulers.
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