White Bronze
Simin Lakpour
"Sefid Ruy" Book


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

Khorasan
10-11th century AD
Height: 9.9 cm (3.96 in)
Rim diameter: 34.9 cm (13.96 in)

Decoration:
Outer surface is decorated with adjacent lozenges and parallel horizontal lines accompanied with scattered single dotted circles or groups of 2 or 3 dotted circles. In addition, a row of small dotted circles is incised on inner bottom.

Patina:
Wart-like green corrosion and glossy black stained patches. The uncovered area are gleaming and brilliant. Rim is broken and displays sharp edges.