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Ca. AD 1000 - 1300 A bronze basin with a broad, deep body, steeply curving wall and an everted rim. The interior is centred by a lobed rosette within a narrow band of interlaced tendrils, followed in succession by a zone of small radiating motifs, an encircling frieze of animals and a second radiating band. The inner face of the rim is decorated with a calligraphic band. Size: 140mm x 500mm; Weight: 2.2kg. Provenance: Private UK collection; acquired on the London art market; formerly in the private collection of D. Ruskin, Oxford, 1990s. For similar see: V. Laviola, Islamic Metalwork from Afghanistan: The Documentation of ISMEO, Italian Archaeological Mission, Cat. 24.

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Bronze