AN EASTERN ISLAMIC PERSIA / PERSIAN, 12TH CENTURY EWER.
QUATERNARY ALLOY, CAST IN PIECES: BODY AND FOOT; NECK; SPOUT; INCISED AND INLAID WITH
COPPER.
THE EWER HAS AN OVOID BODY ON A HIGH FOOT WITH A LAMP-SHAPED MOUTH AND SPOUT. THE
SIDES OF THE HEAD ARE DECORATED WITH ARABESQUES, BIRDS IN CURVILINEAR CARTOUCHES;
THE NECK WITH ARABESQUE LINES. ON THE BODY THERE IS A BAND OF KUFIK INSCRIPTION INLAID
WITH COPPER AND A ROUND SHAPE INLAID WITH COPPER DECORATED WITH ARABESQUES ALL
AROUND THE BODY. THE BOTTOM IS ALSO DECORATED WITH SOME INSCRIPTION OR MARKS I DON'T
UNDERSTAND. THERE IS A REPAIR AT THE BOTTOM OF THE EWER.
HEIGHT 24 CM, DIAMETER OF FOOT 9.5 CM.
THIS EWER BELONGS TO A GROUP OF SUCH OBJECTS NOTABLE FOR THIER INSCRIPTIONS, WHICH
GIVE THE NAMES OF MAKER, OWNER AND SOMETIMES DATE: FOR EX. A PIECE IN THE LOUVRE MADE BY ' ALI IBN'.
ACCEPT PAYPAL. WORLDWIDE SHIPPING AND INSURANCE- $30