AN ENGRAVED BRASS 'ALAM (PROCESSIONAL STANDARD) Deccan, Central India, 19th century Of typical drop-like shape, surrounded by two brass bands with dragon-headed terminals, the top decorated with five palm fronds and secured with copper pins to the lower body via a lobed floral cartouche, the top of the central three palm fronds inscribed with invocations to Muhammad and Allah, the central drop-shaped panel inscribed with the names of the Panj Tan, Mohammad, Ali, Fatima and their children, Hassan and Hosseyn, mounted on a cylindrical stand, 50.5cm high.