A Persian silver inlaid composite brass goblet

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A Persian silver inlaid composite brass goblet
with bulbous stem above a spreading foot, the sides engraved and inlaid with four roundels containing seated musicians on a ground of trailing vine leaves within further bands of trailing vines, interlocking circles and geometric designs -- 7in. (17.8cm) high, West Persia, 14th century, (degraded, some inlay missing, base from another vessel).
See Colour Plate 1.

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