with slightly flaring cylindrical body with flat shoulder on a short foot with cylindrical neck rising to a covered spout, the associated strap handle terminating in a palmette at either end, with thumb-rest, the body engraved with palmette and scrolling vine-filled medallions and columns between, all on a chain motif band, above and below bands of kufic inscription with crescents between, the shoulder with a further band of inscription with palmette roundels, the neck with further inscriptions and vegetal contour panels, the spout with opening palmette design
41 cm. high

Footnotes

Inscriptions: including a signature in the cartouche in the upper part of the body in kufic, perhaps 'amal bilfadl (?) bin (?) bakr (?) al-si'ar, "Work of [A]bi'l-Fadl (?) bin (?) Bakr (?) al-Shi'ar (?)"; in cursive, ..... wa al-sa'ada wa a, '... and happiness and'; in the lower band in kufic, bi'l-[yu]mn wa a /wa al-'a[fiya]/wa al-baraka/ .... al-sa'ad[a]/ al-dawla wa/ al-surur, "With Good-fortune and .... and health (?) and blessing .... Happiness, wealth and joy"; and around the shoulder in cursive, al-'izz wa al-iqbal wa al-dawla wa a/ l-sa'ada wa a/l-salama wa, "Glory and prosperity and wealth and happiness and well-being and"; and around the rim in kufic, wa al-baraka wa, "And blessing and".

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