An engraved bronze bowl with inscriptions relating to the Chaghatai Khanate, in particular to events in the life of Mirza Haydar Dughlat (1500-1551) North India, 16th/17th Century of deep rounded form with waisted neck, the body and neck decorated with inscription filled cartouches, the interstices with flowerheads and partial lobed cartouches enclosing vegetal and split-palmette interlace, the underside with a roundel to centre with arcade border, surrounded by a design of pole medallions, partial lobed cartouches and trefoil motifs 38 cm. diam. Footnotes: The inscriptions relate to the Chaghatai Khanate, in particular to events in the life of Mirza Haydar Dughlat (1500-1551), the military general who was a cousin of Babur and wrote a history of Central Asia called the Tarikh-i Rashidi. The events mentioned include his birth in 905 (1499-1500) in Uratappa (modern-day Istaravshan in Tajikistan) and his campaigns in Kashmir, Tibet and his service in India under Humayun. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com