White Bronze
Simin Lakpour
"Sefid Ruy" Book


Metal Works in Iran Bastan Museum
Hammered bowl, convex bottom, convex body, in-turned rim

Khorasan
12th century AD
Height: 12.7 cm (5.08 in) Rim diameter: 26.6 cm (10.64 in)

Decoration:
Inner body and bottom is decorated with concentric circles, consecutive combined half-circles and large and small dotted circles.

Outside decoration includes:
First row: On background of dense scrolls, an inscription in Naskh script
Second row: Alternating inverted hatched triangles
Third row: 12 circles made up of 2 twirling ribbons, set on background of scrolls, frame the signs of Zodiac
Fourth row: Procession of animals, some looking back, on background of vine scrolls.

Patina:
Glossy black patches and mainly wart-like green, brown and reddish brown corrosion.