c.11th century AD. A sheet-silver vessel with later gilded outer face, globular body on a low splayed foot-ring, rolled rim; repoussé ornament comprising a circumferential ring below the neck, two parallel rings to the equator above a band of looped and interlaced tendrils with leaves and ring below, hatching to the foot-ring; median band with legend in pseudo Islamic script. See Fehérvári, G., Islamic Metalwork of the Eighth to the Fifteenth Century in the Keir Collection, London, 1976, for discussion of proto-types. 301 grams, 10.6cm high (4 1/4"). Property of a gentleman; acquired on the UK art market in 1998; formerly in a private German collection since the 1980s; this lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by AIAD certificate number no.11007-181733. [A video of this lot is available to view on Timeline Auctions Website] Condition Report Fair condition.