A Mamluk silver-inlaid cast brass bowl, Egypt or Syria, late 13th/early 14th century

of deep rounded form decorated with an inscription separated by six roundels, each containing a whirling rosette, extensively decorated on the underside with a concentric band of tall calligraphy surrounded by entwined foliage and swirling rosettes, with a small fish pond in the centre of the interior, remnants of silver-inlay

9cm. height; 19cm. diam.