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NORTH EAST PERSIA, EARLY 13TH CENTURY
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A KHORASSAN SILVER INLAID HIGH TIN BRONZE JUG
NORTH EAST PERSIA, EARLY 13TH CENTURY
Rising from the trumpet foot to the widely flaring body base, angled widest point and rounded broad shoulder, a raised band below the cylindrical neck, simple shaped and angled handle with duck thumbpiece, the body finely engraved with a band of panels depicting running animals on a grounds of spiralling vine interrupted by cusped quatrefoil roundels depicting harpies, the neck with spiralling vine around a silver inlaid naskh benedictiry inscription, handle refixed, slight rim repair
6in. (17.2cm.) high
NORTH EAST PERSIA, EARLY 13TH CENTURY
Rising from the trumpet foot to the widely flaring body base, angled widest point and rounded broad shoulder, a raised band below the cylindrical neck, simple shaped and angled handle with duck thumbpiece, the body finely engraved with a band of panels depicting running animals on a grounds of spiralling vine interrupted by cusped quatrefoil roundels depicting harpies, the neck with spiralling vine around a silver inlaid naskh benedictiry inscription, handle refixed, slight rim repair
6in. (17.2cm.) high
Provenance
Purchased in the Rooms