A HIGH TIN WINE MUG (MASHRABEH) Khorasan, North Eastern Iran, 11th century
A HIGH TIN WINE MUG (MASHRABEH)
Khorasan, North Eastern Iran, 11th century
Of typical compressed globular shape, resting on a short splayed foot, rising to a wide cylindrical neck, the handle on one side with a human-headed bird thumb rest, the anthropomorphic creature wearing a crown, two epigraphic bands of early floriated Kufic engraved on the shoulders and neck against a dotted ground, 11cm diam. and 21cm high.
11cm diam. and 21cm high
Estimated at £200 - £400
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A HIGH TIN WINE MUG (MASHRABEH)
Khorasan, North Eastern Iran, 11th century
Of typical compressed globular shape, resting on a short splayed foot, rising to a wide cylindrical neck, the handle on one side with a human-headed bird thumb rest, the anthropomorphic creature wearing a crown, two epigraphic bands of early floriated Kufic engraved on the shoulders and neck against a dotted ground, 11cm diam. and 21cm high.
11cm diam. and 21cm high
Estimated at £200 - £400
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