A KHORASSAN ENGRAVED BRONZE BOTTLE of well-rounded drop-form on spreading foot, the neck rising to a vertical opening in the form of a horse's head, the sloping shoulder with staggered rows of inverted moulded drop-motifs alternating with roundels engraved with knot-motifs or stylised birds, between raised bands engraved with meadering vine, the sides of the head also engraved with knot roundels, 12th century (base replaced)