AN ENGRAVED BRONZE EWER
Khorasan, Eastern Iran, or Afghanistan, 10th - 12th century

AN ENGRAVED BRONZE EWER
Khorasan, Eastern Iran, or Afghanistan, 10th - 12th century

Of typical pyriform shape, resting on a splayed circular foot, the middle of the base chased in relief with a lobed rosette with six petals, rising to a tapering neck, with a distinctive compressed zoomorphic head with an upward-curved spout, the side enhanced with a sinuous handle with a tall palmette at the top reminiscent of Umayyad early Islamic bronze vessels, the exterior engraved with rectangular cartouches with Kufic inscriptions on scrolling vegetal sprays alternating drop-shaped and circular medallions with more scrollwork, the largest medallion on the front in-filled with a stylised bird, 24.5cm high.

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Dimensions: 24.5cm high