A GHAZNAVID HIGH TIN BRONZE BOWL of hemispherical form, the interior plain save for the central roundel depicting a stylised lion above a palmette on a ring pounced ground radiating four large stylised palmettes, the exterior with a central roundel issuing radiating arcades containing circles on a similar ground, a similar band of circles above again on ring pounced ground, 11th century (slight corrosion)

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A GHAZNAVID HIGH TIN BRONZE BOWL of hemispherical form, the interior plain save for the central roundel depicting a stylised lion above a palmette on a ring pounced ground radiating four large stylised palmettes, the exterior with a central roundel issuing radiating arcades containing circles on a similar ground, a similar band of circles above again on ring pounced ground, 11th century (slight corrosion)
10 1/8in. (25.8cm.) diam.

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