A BRASS EWER PROBABLY KHORASAN, NORTH EAST IRAN, CIRCA 1200-20 On short splayed foot with a stylised kufic inscription, the faceted drum-shaped body decorated with two bands of stylised kufic and naskh surrounding a band of roundels depicting the signs of the zodiac, the shoulder decorated with a band of chasing hares beneath a further inscription in stylised naskh with human head terminals, the narrow neck with similar inscriptions and scrolls, each side with a pronounced tiger boss and one further to the spout, a small loss to the body, majority of silver inlay remaining 13 7/8in. (35.3cm.) high
A BRASS EWER PROBABLY KHORASAN, NORTH EAST IRAN, CIRCA 1200-20 On short splayed foot with a stylised kufic inscription, the faceted drum-shaped body decorated with two bands of stylised kufic and naskh surrounding a band of roundels depicting the signs of the zodiac, the shoulder decorated with a band of chasing hares beneath a further inscription in stylised naskh with human head terminals, the narrow neck with similar inscriptions and scrolls, each side with a pronounced tiger boss and one further to the spout, a small loss to the body, majority of silver inlay remaining 13 7/8in. (35.3cm.) high
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