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Hammered
tray, flat bottom, convex wall, in-turned rim
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Khorasan
13th century AD
Height: 3.8 cm (1.52 in)
Diameter: 41.4 cm (16.56 in)
Decoration: From the rim inward, ground
patterns of the tray include:
First row: An inscription in Thulth script, which
is repeated along the band, and letters have been
added in places to balance the composition. Some
letters have also been omitted, resulting in mutilated,
hardly legible words. Background displays vine
scrolls and foliage;
Second row: Three-twined braided band
Third row: Procession of animals on background of
vine scrolls; alternately with every other three
animals, circle frames a bird amid scroll
patterns. Birds alternating look forward and
backward;
Fourth row: Repetition of second row
Fifth row: Band of vertical vine scrolls and
vertical bars (similar to a Kufic letter), interrupted
in regular intervals by bird and scroll patterns;
Sixth row: Band of undulating vine scrolls;
Within the circle in the middle of the inner
bottom surface, on background of vine scrolls,
quadruped animal, stylized with geometrical lines
(circles and ellipses) is depicted.
On the outer rim of the tray, band of undulating
vine scrolls, interrupted in regular intervals by
vertical bars, similar to Kufic letter, and
circles bearing bird and scroll patterns are
engraved.
Patina: Large areas of the tray are covered
with glossy black patches and coalesced wart-like
green, dark and light brown, as well as red
corrosion. Object is broken and parts of it are
missing. Broken edges are sharp. |
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