A GHAZNAVID WHITE BRONZE BOWL of hemispherical form with slightly inverted and engraved cusped rim, the interior with a central roundel of swirling flutes surrounded by seven roundels each containing a bold stylised bird, the interstices filled with punched circles, a border of similar circles above and below, the exterior with a central circle divided into six sections each filled with small punched circles surrounded by a broad arcaded band, 11th century