A large unusual Khorasan copper inlaid bronze ewer, Iran, 12th-13th century, with cylindrical slightly tapering body on a rounded base, a flattened shoulder, the short cylindrical neck with large undulating tapering spout, the inside of the spout with filter, strap handle, a frieze of inscription engraved below and above the shoulder, a further band of inscription on the front of the neck below floral decoration, an another band of inscription to lower body, the base with a sphinx in a roundel, 38cm. high Note: The inscriptions comprise: around the shoulder in kufic, 'Al-Ez al-ber wal-barakah wal salamah wal-sa'adah'; the same verses are inscribed on the neck, in kufic, 'Blessing and...'. Provenance: Property of a Lady acquired Millon, Paris, Vente de Orientalisme 1120, 3 June, 2013, lot 176Please refer to department for condition report