shiit-symbols in metal bowls

The analysis of metalworking art in the Safavid era is a multi-layered and multi-faceted process that can be achieved by studying and separating the different layers, society, religion, politics and economics to the infrastructure of tradition and beliefs and rituals and components of religion among Iranians. With the aim of recognizing and examining metal bowls and cups of the Safavid period, this study tries to analyze and study the difference between the form and function of these vessels. In this regard, samples of metal bowls of the Metropolitan Museum have been examined and the themes used in them in the form of role, calligraphy and composition have been analyzed. The research method is descriptive-analytical and the results of the research show that the themes that were considered by the craftsmen and artists of that period in these bowls are sacred symbols for Shiites including the names of God, the fourteen infallibles (AS) and the symbols of Islamic mysticism. Including the composition of motifs in a circular shape and the repetition of a name, prayer or bit of Persian language poets, as well as national and Iranian symbols such as metal as a sacred and revered material, and finally a combination of national, Shiite rituals and mystical aesthetics. And it is sensory.