Batil al-sihr bowl dated 1080 AH (Bonyad Museums)

A bowl of the batil al-sihr kind in the History Treasury of the Bonyad-e Mostazafan museums institute, which Asadollah Joudaki Azizi calls the most artistically notable of its class there; before his study it had only an expert's file. ⁴

• Small, of brass alloy, with a concave base, convex body and flat rim turning slightly outward. ^{1 3}
• Its whole inner and outer surface is inscribed: the Beautiful Names and verses from Al Imran, al-Baqara, al-Saffat, Sad, Ta Ha, Yusuf, al-Qalam, al-Ma'ida, al-Nasr, al-Ikhlas and al-Ahzab in fine thuluth; the writing begins with al-Fatiha on the rim and, unlike most examples, the rim inscriptions end with phrases attributed to the "sermon of Adam". ³
• On the middle of the outer body are blessings on the Prophet ﷺ and the Imams with their titles in broad nasta'liq, and in the first ring of the inner base the prayer Nadi Aliyyan in nasta'liq. ³
• The outer body carries the twelve signs of the zodiac within engraved medallions and half-medallions, worked by chasing and the siyah qalam technique. ³

Below the name of the eleventh Imam in the large band under the rim the number 1080 can be read, which the author takes as the second year of Shah Sulayman the Safavid; comparison with Safavid examples in the National Museum of Iran and the Brooklyn Museum, in the rendering of Aquarius, Leo, Cancer, Virgo and Sagittarius, supports this date. ^{2 3}