A Ghaznavid figural high-tin bronze bowl, Afghanistan, 12th century, of deep rounded form with slightly flattened base, decorated with chased, punched and engraved decoration, the exterior with a series of arcades surmounted by a frieze of roundels filled with circles on a ground of smaller circle motifs, the interior with a series of figures on horseback holding shields, 24.5cm. diam.Note: Whereas most Ghaznavid high tin bowls carry a design of either geometric motifs or dots, the bowl above is engraved with hunting scenes. Only a handful of such bowls are known, including an example published in R. Ettinghausen, Interaction and Intergration in Islamic Art and Archaeology Collected Papers Berlin, 1985, pp. 51-87, pl. 63, fig a.Please refer to department for condition report