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A Seljuk bronze Khorasan Dish
A Seljuk bronze Khorasan Dish
Eastern Persia, 12th century
Circular section with straight sides and everted rim, of bronze engraved with central roundel containing rosettes with birds and half-palmettes inlaid with silver and copper wires. Fine epigraphic band in kufic on the rim, arranged within cartouches separated by medallions with birds. The reverse decorated with engraved harpy. Auspicious inscription addressed to the owner of the dish: bi'l-yumn al-sa'ada wa al-'afiya wa [...]li-sahibih.
Provenance: Christie's London, 6 October 2011, Collection d'une amateur belge, no. 28;Exhibited at the Institute du Monde Arabe, Paris, until 2023 Artcurial, Antiquiteis & Islamic Art, 24 May 2023, Lot 121.
D. 17.8 cm