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Inscriptions: two Arabic quatrains common on 15th century Mamluk metalwork including 'Drink! May you be safe from evil all days' up to 'the stars shine' and 'Who contemplates my beauty' up to 'yearn for my love'. For similar examples, see Michael Spink, with a contribution by Doris Behrens-Abouseif, Brasses, Bronze and Silver of the Islamic Lands, The Nasser D. Khalili Collection of Islamic Art, vol. XI, Part Three, cat. 573 and pp. 886-7 and 1164.