Perhaps a gift to a bride and groom named Maryam and Riza Quli Khan Ghaffari; there is a carved inscription on the back of this bowl, inside the pomegranate shape: "Riza Quli Khan" and outside of it: "Ghaffari." The upside down writing: "Maryam"
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