12th century AD. A large sheet-bronze jug with subtly waisted barrel-shaped body, broad shoulder engraved with a panel of script, tubular neck with circumferential band of interlace motif at top, four-armed whorls below, octagonal rim with scalloped edges, repeated in raised relief at the base of the neck, rivetted rectangular-section handle with decorative notches towards the bottom and carinated base. 4.1 kg, 48cm (19"). Acquired before 1972. With the Mahboubian Gallery, London, UK. Property of a London gentleman.