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Large
tray, hammered, flat bottom, convex body, broad
in-turned rim
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Khorasan
12th-13th century AD
Height: 4.8 cm (1.92 in)
Diameter: 41.4 cm (16.56 in)
Decoration: Incised and carved. A braided pair
of ribbons on the edge. From the rim inward, the
ground patterns of the tray include:
First row: A succession of elongated hexagons
Second row: On the background of scrolls made up
of dotted circles and composed with vine leaves,
an inscription imitating foliate Kufic script is
interrupted in regular intervals by 8 circles
adorned with 4 leaves
Third row: A band of undulating vine scrolls
composed with vine leaves
Fourth row: Repetition of 2nd row
Sixth row: Repetition of 4th row, save for leaves
ornamenting the circles, which are here replaced
with six-petalled flowers
Fifth & seventh row: Repetition of 3rd row
Within the circles in the middle of the inner
bottom surface, on background of vine scrolls, one
central small circle, bearinf four-petalled flower
motif, is surrounded by 7 similar ones. Below the
outer rim, Kufic letter is repeated alternately with scrolls. These patterns are interrupted in
regular intervals by scrolls made up of dotted
circles. Ornamentation of the tray is incised and
engraved.
Patina: The tray is quiet intact; patina
appearing only as very fine wart-like dark brown
corrosion on inside and similar red and green
corrosion on the outside. In some places, glossy
black patches are also visible. |
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