A LARGE KHORASSAN SILVER AND COPPER INLAID BRONZE EWER
NORTH EAST IRAN, 12TH CENTURY
A LARGE KHORASSAN SILVER AND COPPER INLAID BRONZE EWER NORTH EAST IRAN, 12TH CENTURY With spherical body and stepped shoulder supporting a tubular neck with high rising curving covered trough spout, a simple handle linking the mouth and body, on short waisted foot, the body with a very bold copper-inlaid band of foliated kufic , four roundels on the shoulder flanking the silver-inlaid signature, further smaller engraved benedictory inscriptions running around the inner shoulder, the neck with panels of scrolling vine within inscription borders, the mouth rim terminating in two birds' heads, meandering vine on the handle above copper inlaid and drilled circles, base missing, very slight loss of inlay 13in. (33.1cm.) high
A LARGE KHORASSAN SILVER AND COPPER INLAID BRONZE EWER
NORTH EAST IRAN, 12TH CENTURY
A LARGE KHORASSAN SILVER AND COPPER INLAID BRONZE EWER NORTH EAST IRAN, 12TH CENTURY With spherical body and stepped shoulder supporting a tubular neck with high rising curving covered trough spout, a simple handle linking the mouth and body, on short waisted foot, the body with a very bold copper-inlaid band of foliated kufic , four roundels on the shoulder flanking the silver-inlaid signature, further smaller engraved benedictory inscriptions running around the inner shoulder, the neck with panels of scrolling vine within inscription borders, the mouth rim terminating in two birds' heads, meandering vine on the handle above copper inlaid and drilled circles, base missing, very slight loss of inlay 13in. (33.1cm.) high
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