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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 274155, member: 2844&quot;]Hello Adam, welcome.</p><p>It is beautiful. A Persian minakari enamelled &#039;beggar&#039;s bowl&#039; or &#039;Fakir&#039;s bowl&#039;, made in Isfahan, Iran/Persia. It may have been new when it first came into your family. My guess is 1930s-40s, and as you thought, it is entirely hand made.</p><p>Bowls of this shape were originally used by travelling religious men to beg for food. No beggar or Fakir ever used this one, it is just the name of a shape that became popular in Persia and Persian influenced countries.</p><p>Here is some info on minakari enamel:</p><p><a href="http://rizolux.com/blog/2016/03/21/minakari-on-metalware-everything-about-persian-enameling/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://rizolux.com/blog/2016/03/21/minakari-on-metalware-everything-about-persian-enameling/" rel="nofollow">http://rizolux.com/blog/2016/03/21/minakari-on-metalware-everything-about-persian-enameling/</a></p><p><a href="http://irandoostan.com/minakari-or-enameling-the-glorious-iranian-handicraft/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://irandoostan.com/minakari-or-enameling-the-glorious-iranian-handicraft/" rel="nofollow">http://irandoostan.com/minakari-or-enameling-the-glorious-iranian-handicraft/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>This is the Naqsh-e Jahan Square in Isfahan, depicted in your central medallions. If you google Isfahan you will get many different views of this giant complex:</p><p><img src="https://s14-eu5.ixquick.com/cgi-bin/serveimage?url=https%3A%2F%2Fi.vimeocdn.com%2Fvideo%2F511935792.jpg%3Fmw%3D1920%26amp%3Bmh%3D1080%26amp%3Bq%3D70&amp;sp=5d51ffcc8b9665dd44b8175fc2ac5c62" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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