White Bronze
Simin Lakpour
"Sefid Ruy" Book


Metal Works in Iran Bastan Museum
Hammered bowl, hemispherical, convex bottom, convex body, thick flaring rim

Khorasan
10-11th century AD
Height: 8.7 cm (3.48 in)
Rim diameter: 18.8 cm (7.52 in)

Decoration:
The outer surface of the body is decorated with a band of dotted circles of various sizes and concentric dotted circles. On the lower body, parallel vertical lines from vertical petals. On the inner body, small dotted circles and a band of aggregated lines are incised and engraved.

Patina:
Wart-like green and dark brown corrosion and glossy black stained patches cover large area of bowl.