A Khorassan bronze ewer, Iran, 12th century, the compressed globular body on a short straight foot, with slightly flaring neck and everted rim and curved handle, the shoulder incised with one band of Kufic inscription and below a band of interlacing roundels, the neck decorated with two bands of kufic inscriptions and panels of scrolling arabesques, a band of spiralling foliage at the base, 29 cm. high Published: Christie’s, Islamic and Indian Art, London, 30 April 2004, lot 483; Arts from the Land of Timur. An Exhibition from a Scottish Private Collection. Paisley, Sogdiana Books, 2012, Cat. no 285. Please refer to department for condition report