A KHORASSAN COPPER INLAID BRONZE BUCKET

NORTH EAST PERSIA, 12TH CENTURY

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A KHORASSAN COPPER INLAID BRONZE BUCKET
NORTH EAST PERSIA, 12TH CENTURY
Of rounded form with spreading foot, thick triangular section rim and with two pierced lugs for attaching the swing handle, the exterior with a central band of engraved harpy roundels alternating with shaped panels each containing scrolling tendrils around two confronted silhouetted harpies, a band of scrolling vine around bold naskh benedictory calligraphy above interrupted by copper-inlaid roundels containing birds, a smaller band of engraved kufic below interrupted by roundels, the flat rim with similar better executed kufic interrupted by copper-inlaid rosettes, the handle with a lion's head above each loop and with cut and engraved floral and geometric designs, the underside of the foot with a simple arcade, mottled red patination
7 5/8in. (19.2cm.) diam.

Lot Essay

The main band of inscription reads:
al-'izz w'al-iqbal w'al-dawla w'al-sa'ada w'al-salama w'al-......... w'al-'afiya w'al-karama w'al-raha w'al-......... w'al-baqa da'ima li sahibihi (glory, prosperity, wealth, happiness, peace, ........., good health, nobility, quietude, .........., and perpetual longevity to the owner).

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