A Large Ghaznavid Brass Bowl Depicting A Camel



A Large Ghaznavid Brass Bowl Depicting A Camel
the spun-brass of hemispherical form, stippled and engraved with a large band of Kufic around the rim, the well depicts a monumental caprisioned camel carrying two courtly figures surrounded by horned quadrupeds and birds, the exterior with a large Kufic inscription above a register of palmettes enclosed by criss-cross bands that form a six-pointed star at the base size 36.8cm. diam.